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Lacie

d2 USB3 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 78.1% (84th of 1015)

Based on 49 user benchmarks.  Model: LaCie d2 USB3
Poor: 19%Average: 78.1% Great: 115%

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Good average bench

The Lacie d2 USB3 3TB averaged 21.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lacie d2 USB3 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.78MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 139MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie d2 USB3 3TB is 96.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lacie d2 USB3 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49 samples)
Rank 8478.1%
Min Avg Max
23.8 Read 139 210
14.9 Write 114 192
7 Mixed 66.8 163
13.3 SusWrite 133 214
82.7% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.7 1
0.2 4K Write 1.62 2
0.29 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
146% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
759GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 187 189 189 188 MB/s
99.9% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 153
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 188
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
450GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 129 129 131 130 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 102
Write 84.5
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 129
71% 96.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s
19.5% Very poor
Read 51.1
Write 28.1
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 16.3
22% 30.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.13 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,020x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,953x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,512x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,317x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,306x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples891x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples687x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,561x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples962x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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