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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 46.3% (369th of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: Virtual Disk1
Poor: 32%Average: 46.3% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The Virtual Disk1 86GB averaged 53.7% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 112MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Virtual Disk1 86GB is 33.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Virtual Disk1 86GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 36946.3%
Min Avg Max
72 Read 112 173
43.3 Write 88.9 166
19 Mixed 39.2 57.5
23.6 SusWrite 50.4 81.2
53% 72.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.64 1.1
0.06 4K Write 0.69 1.7
0.08 4K Mixed 0.51 0.8
96% 0.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 63 68 68 88 80 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 159
Write 87.3
Mixed 34
SusWrite 68.5
63% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.6 MB/s
10GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 52 74 46 38 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 173
Write 166
Mixed 54
SusWrite 53.3
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
80% 0.53 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 83 82 87 82 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 120
Write 86.8
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 81.2
58% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.67 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 49 48 43 54 81 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 91.8
Write 99.3
Mixed 19
SusWrite 60.8
49% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
113% 0.7 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 28 24 30 20 27 MB/s
35.9% Below average
Read 98
Write 95.5
Mixed 52
SusWrite 26.6
50% 68 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 16 40 44 16 5.1 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 100
Write 66.5
Mixed 30.7
SusWrite 23.6
40% 55.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
80% 0.57 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,351,140 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: HP ProDesk 400 G2 SFF

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples31x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples6x
Core i3-4160Intel  $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples5x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples39x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples3x
SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial  $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples3x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples3x
RAM
HMT451U6AFR8A-PB HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 8GBHynixBench 50%, 180 samples4x
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples3x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G9P1 1x8GBMicronBench 27%, 609 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $231

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