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ASM1053E 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 63.1% (175th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: asmedia ASM1053E
Poor: 6%Average: 63.1% Great: 111%

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Above average average bench

The Asmedia ASM1053E 4TB averaged 36.8% 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 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.48MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmedia ASM1053E 4TB is 105%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asmedia ASM1053E 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 17563.1%
Min Avg Max
2.3 Read 110 205
1 Write 106 196
2 Mixed 82.7 149
1.8 SusWrite 102 215
74% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1 5.2
0 4K Write 2.48 6.6
0 4K Mixed 0.75 1.4
171% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 209 218 214 214 218 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 196
Mixed 105
SusWrite 215
132% 180 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 1.4
494% 4.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 194 192 192 193 193 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 161
Mixed 101
SusWrite 192
119% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
232% 1.8 MB/s
263GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 133 131 127 127 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 141
Write 118
Mixed 83.9
SusWrite 130
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
173GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 131 133 126 125 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 116
Write 74.1
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 127
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 1.4
282% 2.5 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 120 120 120 120 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 109
Write 109
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 119
81% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 86 84 82 82 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 131
Write 124
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 82.8
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.3 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 MB/s
6.06% Terrible
Read 15.5
Write 37.7
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 4.6
18% 23 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.47 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Lenovo 20BFS38A00

CPU
Core i5-4300MIntel  $264Bench 51%, 13,678 samples7x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples7x
SSD
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples1x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples1x
Micron_5100_MTFDDAK240TCB 240GBBench 76%, 109 samples1x
RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples3x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples1x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 18,159 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $264

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