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S050 Hard drive 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 75.4% (105th of 1015)

Based on 582 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic S050 Hard drive
Poor: 42%Average: 75.4% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB averaged 24.5% 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 0.43MB/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 58.8%. 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 54.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 582 samples)
Rank 10575.4%
Min Avg Max
68.8 Read 138 184
39.6 Write 128 178
16.2 Mixed 54.3 152
31.2 SusWrite 122 183
80.5% 110 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 0.43 0.7
103% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
219GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 145 148 148 148 147 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 115
Write 143
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 146
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.13 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 89 91 93 90 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 156
Write 140
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 89
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.17 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 110 91 78 80 100 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 132
Write 130
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 97
71% 98.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
221GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 93 98 112 110 103 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 111
Write 116
Mixed 27.6
SusWrite 104
65% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.97 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 97 96 94 94 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 86.5
Write 113
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 94.1
57% 79.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 93 96 94 94 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 82.5
Write 111
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 93.1
56% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.13 MB/s
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Typical S050 Hard drive 500GB Builds (Compare 2,595 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $150Bench 71%, 346,768 samples673x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $200Bench 75%, 145,085 samples306x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $320Bench 71%, 180,876 samples279x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,283,412 samples294x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples223x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples191x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 609,576 samples58x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 199%, 241,446 samples51x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples94x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples89x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $617

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