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MAL34000SS-T72 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 81% (70th of 1015)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: MARSHAL MAL34000SS-T72
Poor: 68%Average: 81% Great: 93%

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Very good average bench

The Marshal MAL34000SS-T72 4TB averaged just 18.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marshal MAL34000SS-T72 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 144MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marshal MAL34000SS-T72 4TB is 25.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Marshal MAL34000SS-T72 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.17MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 7081%
Min Avg Max
116 Read 144 176
105 Write 138 157
57 Mixed 109 154
112 SusWrite 141 153
98.3% 133 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.46 4K Read 0.7 0.8
0.41 4K Write 1.17 2.4
0.27 4K Mixed 0.54 0.9
111% 0.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 153 156 154 155 156 MB/s
93.2% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 154
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 151
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 155 156 155 155 154 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 153
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 153
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 154 148 149 153 MB/s
91.6% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 157
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 150
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 152 150 148 152 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 156
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 150
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 118 117 116 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 125
Write 112
Mixed 59.2
SusWrite 115
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
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Typical MAL34000SS-T72 4TB Builds (Compare 973 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples562x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples153x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples126x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples108x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples61x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples31x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples37x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $763

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