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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 48.9% (320th of 1014)

Based on 307 user benchmarks.  Model: MD1TBLSSHD
Poor: 31%Average: 48.9% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The MD1TBLSSHD 1TB averaged 51.0% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.75MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD1TBLSSHD 1TB is 33.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MD1TBLSSHD 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 307 samples)
Rank 32048.9%
Min Avg Max
51.5 Read 87.5 115
36.2 Write 82.6 113
32 Mixed 62 102
36.9 SusWrite 78.1 111
57.2% 77.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.47 0.6
0.44 4K Write 1.75 2.3
0.12 4K Mixed 0.49 0.8
107% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 118 116 116 116 117 MB/s
64% Good
Read 110
Write 106
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 113
71% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.1 MB/s
928GB free
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 95 99 97 81 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 114
Write 105
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 89.5
68% 92.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.97 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 93 94 94 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 80.1
Write 80.3
Mixed 47.2
SusWrite 94.6
55% 75.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 47 81 48 54 83 MB/s
47% Average
Read 104
Write 58
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 59.2
52% 69.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
107% 0.93 MB/s
453GB free
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 82.6
Write 83.7
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 6.1
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
872GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 56 69 90 96 98 MB/s
25.1% Poor
Read 8.7
Write 21.3
Mixed 8.2
SusWrite 79.2
21% 29.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Lenovo 20H50047US

CPU
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples68x
Core i7-7500U VHIntelBench 52%, 2,074 samples6x
GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples47x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples27x
SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples20x
TOSHIBA 256GBThnsf5256gpukBench 99%, 2,882 samples16x
LENSE20256GMSP34MEAT2TA 256GBBench 113%, 2,581 samples8x
RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 42,779 samples13x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples13x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples4x
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