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S050 Hard drive 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 75.3% (105th of 1015)

Based on 636 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic S050 Hard drive
Poor: 41%Average: 75.3% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB averaged 24.7% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB is 62%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 636 samples)
Rank 10575.3%
Min Avg Max
62.4 Read 138 184
30.2 Write 128 180
18.9 Mixed 44.6 145
33.3 SusWrite 123 183
78.5% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.26 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.68 2.2
0.15 4K Mixed 0.47 0.7
110% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 156 161 161 161 162 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 140
Mixed 31
SusWrite 160
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 177 180 177 175 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 175
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 140 141 144 140 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 137
Write 122
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 138
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
128% 1.13 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 121 125 122 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 134
Write 125
Mixed 30
SusWrite 123
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
352GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 130 125 126 150 MB/s
66% Good
Read 104
Write 146
Mixed 35.9
SusWrite 126
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.1 MB/s
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Typical S050 Hard drive 500GB Builds (Compare 377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 16%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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Motherboard: Asus A68HM-PLUS

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples50x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD  $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples33x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples27x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples44x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples37x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples35x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples17x
A400 480GBKingston  $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples7x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples35x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples31x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $138

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