Average Bench: 6.27% (1014th of 1014)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 90845D4
Poor: 6%Average: 6.27% Great: 8%

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Terrible average bench

The Maxtor 90845D4 8GB averaged 93.7% 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 0.33MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.42MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 10.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 11MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
8.4 Read 11 13.5
7.69 Write 11 13.5
9 Mixed 10.9 12.7
8.7 SusWrite 10.5 14
8.1% 10.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.79
0.11 4K Write 0.58 0.81
0.27 4K Mixed 0.33 0.4
64.5% 0.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5GB free
Firmware: GAS54112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s
Read 13.5
Write 13.2
Mixed 11.5
SusWrite 14
10% 13.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.5 MB/s
5GB free
Firmware: GAS54812 Max speed: UDMA 33 33 MB/s
Read 8.4
Write 13.5
Mixed 12.7
9% 11.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.81
4K Mixed 0.27
61% 0.49 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Max speed: UDMA 33 33 MB/s
Read 12.5
Write 7.69
Mixed 11.9
8% 10.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 0.11
4K Mixed 0.27
65% 0.39 MB/s
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GAS54112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 8.7 10 8.1 9.9 10 MB/s
Read 10.5
Write 10.3
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 8.9
7% 9.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
61% 0.43 MB/s
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GAS54112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.5 8.7 10 11 10 MB/s
Read 10.3
Write 10.5
Mixed 9
SusWrite 8.7
7% 9.62 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
62% 0.4 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,358,399 HDDs tested

Typical 90845D4 8GB Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete

Motherboard: Biostar P4M90-M4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $100

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