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Maxtor

6V250F0 251GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 29.9% (729th of 1015)

Based on 1,385 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6V250F0
Poor: 18%Average: 29.9% Great: 39%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB averaged 70.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.32MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB is 20.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 51.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,385 samples)
Rank 72929.9%
Min Avg Max
29 Read 51.8 68.3
26.6 Write 55.7 71.8
19.9 Mixed 34.4 41.9
27.6 SusWrite 51.1 67.1
35.5% 48.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.61 0.7
1.69 4K Write 4.52 6.2
0 4K Mixed 0.32 0.7
144% 1.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
193GB free
Firmware: VA111630
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 61 62 60 61 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 65.3
Write 66.8
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 61.6
43% 58.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.1
149% 2.27 MB/s
234GB free
Firmware: VA111630
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 59.4
Write 69.2
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 67
43% 58.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.1
151% 2.27 MB/s
201GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 66 64 64 64 MB/s
35.9% Below average
Read 60.1
Write 68.4
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 64.4
43% 58.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.4 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 56 57 56 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 63.2
Write 59.9
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 56.5
40% 54.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.7
216% 2.47 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: VA111630
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 53 54 53 53 MB/s
31.2% Below average
Read 54.9
Write 53.4
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 52.9
36% 48.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.4 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: VA111630
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 36 42 44 37 39 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 43.7
Write 52.3
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 40.9
31% 42.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.2 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop
Desktop 31%
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Workstation
Workstation 3%
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Motherboard: Asus P5B-VM

CPU
Pentium Dual E2140Intel  $80Bench 31%, 2,489 samples5x
Core2 6600Intel  $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples5x
Core2 6400IntelBench 35%, 5,556 samples4x
GPU
G965 Express Chipset FamilyIntelBench 0%, 13 samples8x
GeForce 8800 GTNvidiaBench 6%, 5,568 samples3x
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples2x
SSD
AMD Radeon R7 480GBOCZ  $84Bench 90%, 707 samples1x
MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,606 samples1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples1x
RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples4x
4x0.5GBUnknownBench 13%, 2,291 samples4x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 32% - Below average Total price: $164

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