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S050 Hard drive 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 75.3% (106th of 1015)

Based on 619 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic S050 Hard drive
Poor: 42%Average: 75.3% Great: 102%

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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 0.46MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB is 60.6%. 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 47.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 619 samples)
Rank 10675.3%
Min Avg Max
64.2 Read 138 184
30.4 Write 128 179
18.7 Mixed 47.3 148
34.9 SusWrite 122 183
79% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.42 4K Write 1.67 2.2
0.14 4K Mixed 0.46 0.7
108% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 187 185 187 187 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 175
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 186
105% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
130% 1.17 MB/s
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 134 131 130 128 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 164
Write 151
Mixed 34.7
SusWrite 130
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.07 MB/s
305GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 141 157 145 150 153 MB/s
81.3% Excellent
Read 140
Write 104
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 143
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
309GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 113 113 112 112 113 MB/s
80.3% Excellent
Read 168
Write 126
Mixed 36.1
SusWrite 112
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.1 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 119 124 121 120 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 143
Write 143
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 121
79% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.13 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 114 117 115 109 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 140
Write 144
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 113
77% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 121 124 121 120 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 128
Write 144
Mixed 32
SusWrite 120
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
128% 1.13 MB/s
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA8M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 89 83 92 104 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 142
Write 122
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 96.8
71% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.3
96% 0.9 MB/s
260GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 139 145 146 148 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 86.1
Write 89.9
Mixed 20.6
SusWrite 143
61% 85 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Asus A68HM-PLUS

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 48%, 28,095 samples336x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 48%, 15,083 samples261x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD  $175Bench 48%, 12,115 samples260x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 870,997 samples388x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 22,783 samples276x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 23,006 samples250x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $30Bench 66%, 390,171 samples94x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $81Bench 54%, 349,805 samples68x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 161,804 samples62x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 36%, 164,457 samples242x
16GBUnknownBench 40%, 66,115 samples218x
8GBUnknownBench 33%, 120,085 samples175x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $185

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