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S050 Hard drive 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 75.7% (108th of 1015)

Based on 562 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic S050 Hard drive
Poor: 43%Average: 75.7% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB averaged 24.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.42MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 562 samples)
Rank 10875.7%
Min Avg Max
71.4 Read 138 184
39.6 Write 129 178
15.8 Mixed 55.1 153
31.2 SusWrite 122 183
80.9% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.61 0.8
0.4 4K Write 1.64 2.2
0.13 4K Mixed 0.42 0.7
102% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
323GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 169 172 168 172 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 172
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 168
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
126% 1.13 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 129 151 120 122 140 MB/s
89.2% Excellent
Read 182
Write 146
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 129
89% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
343GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 109 113 105 119 MB/s
80.7% Excellent
Read 174
Write 19.3
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 108
62% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 82 103 101 103 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 122
Write 103
Mixed 31
SusWrite 91.7
63% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 96 92 93 101 110 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 107
Write 86.6
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 99.7
57% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $153Bench 71%, 326,256 samples616x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $200Bench 74%, 117,871 samples283x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $320Bench 71%, 179,290 samples257x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,201,235 samples270x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples208x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 80%, 1,173,275 samples177x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 798,238 samples100x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 605,938 samples53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $66Bench 196%, 212,365 samples48x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $94Bench 81%, 510,924 samples86x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 84%, 477,694 samples78x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $83Bench 84%, 212,382 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $637

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