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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 45.4% (386th of 1015)

Based on 269 user benchmarks.  Model: Disk drive
Poor: 17%Average: 45.4% Great: 74%

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Below average average bench

The Disk drive 500GB averaged 54.5% 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 0.46MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.26MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 500GB is 56.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 269 samples)
Rank 38645.4%
Min Avg Max
24.3 Read 82.1 132
18.1 Write 79.3 132
13.3 Mixed 47.6 101
15 SusWrite 68.8 129
51% 69.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.46 0.72
0.24 4K Write 1.26 2.1
0.09 4K Mixed 0.46 0.9
93.7% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
447GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 109 111 112 114 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 100
Write 102
Mixed 58
SusWrite 110
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
409GB free
Firmware: DEM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 99 102 98 101 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 94.8
Write 102
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 100
58% 80.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.9
343% 2.67 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 100 103 102 97 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 83.2
Write 77.3
Mixed 51.7
SusWrite 101
57% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 55 56 56 58 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 79.4
Write 76.9
Mixed 53.9
SusWrite 56.8
49% 66.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: CR100-10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 77.2
Write 9.5
Mixed 18.5
SusWrite 11.8
21% 29.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming 58%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T5600

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples96x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples82x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples62x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples51x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples20x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples19x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples18x
RAM
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples41x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples39x
M393B1G70BH0-YK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 67%, 378 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $170

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