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6L250R0 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 26.4% (833rd of 1015)

Based on 63 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6L250R0
Poor: 9%Average: 26.4% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6L250R0 250GB averaged 73.6% 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 Write Speed 3.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.25MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6L250R0 250GB is 27.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6L250R0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 43.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)
Rank 83326.4%
Min Avg Max
6.07 Read 43.6 64
7.56 Write 48.2 66.8
5.99 Mixed 35.8 54
4.03 SusWrite 46.9 62.6
32.2% 43.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.06 4K Read 0.49 0.7
0.21 4K Write 3.48 6.18
0 4K Mixed 0.25 0.76
113% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
103GB free
Firmware: BAJ41G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 51 51 50 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 51.1
Write 56.3
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 51
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: BAJ41G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 47 48 48 48 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 38.4
Write 48.6
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 47.5
30% 41 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0
103% 1.57 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BAH41F90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 8.1 7.1 7.9 5.2 7.6 MB/s
2.97% Terrible
Read 3
Write 6.2
Mixed 3
SusWrite 7.4
4% 4.9 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
11% 0.03 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Asus P5K - $399

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel  $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples91x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel  $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples34x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel  $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples24x
GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples13x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples12x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples12x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung  $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples9x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples7x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples152x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples58x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $619

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