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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 64.4% (165th of 1015)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: Super Speed
Poor: 46%Average: 64.4% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Super Speed 1TB averaged 35.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.02MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Super Speed 1TB is 30.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Super Speed 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Rank 16564.4%
Min Avg Max
11.3 Read 116 142
8.2 Write 107 136
8.8 Mixed 71.9 128
13.3 SusWrite 102 141
73.1% 99.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.57 2
0.3 4K Write 2.02 6.3
0.23 4K Mixed 0.74 8
144% 1.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
27GB free
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 122 123 122 122 MB/s
70.8% Very good
Read 124
Write 122
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 122
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.1 MB/s
267GB free
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 116 117 120 125 126 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 128
Write 118
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 117
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.07 MB/s
648GB free
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 110 96 129 128 125 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 116
Write 102
Mixed 78.4
SusWrite 118
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.1
244% 2.27 MB/s
589GB free
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 97 96 108 110 109 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 100
Write 79.9
Mixed 60.6
SusWrite 100
63% 85.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
586GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 59 111 102 130 131 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 87.5
Write 136
Mixed 65
SusWrite 105
72% 98.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.9
204% 1.97 MB/s
908GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 79 79 85 59 96 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 102
Write 89.9
Mixed 52.9
SusWrite 76.3
59% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
49% 0.3 MB/s
907GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 30 22 15 38 MB/s
35.8% Below average
Read 100
Write 75.7
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 24.7
46% 62.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
74% 0.37 MB/s
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 4.6 12 21 12 17 MB/s
7.08% Terrible
Read 11.3
Write 16.5
Mixed 8.8
SusWrite 13.3
9% 12.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
56% 0.3 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
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Motherboard: Asus P7P55D DELUXE

CPU
Core i7 860Intel  $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples55x
Core i5 760Intel  $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples32x
Core i5-750Intel  $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples20x
GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples10x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples9x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples9x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples8x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples4x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples54x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples50x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $521

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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