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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 83.7% (58th of 1015)

Based on 113 user benchmarks.  Model: MB3000GCWDB
Poor: 56%Average: 83.7% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The MB3000GCWDB 3TB averaged just 16.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MB3000GCWDB 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.36MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MB3000GCWDB 3TB is 47.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MB3000GCWDB 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 137MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 113 samples)
Rank 5883.7%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 154 187
43.2 Write 143 181
41.4 Mixed 84.4 117
42 SusWrite 137 180
95.1% 130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.79 4K Read 1.36 1.73
0.67 4K Write 2.33 3.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.99 1.2
210% 1.56 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: HPGE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 175 178 178 179 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 167
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 178
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
217% 1.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: HPGI
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 175 174 176 175 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 154
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 174
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
208% 1.7 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: HPGB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 163 164 164 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 164
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 163
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.47 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: HPGH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 153 157 157 158 MB/s
88.4% Excellent
Read 152
Write 149
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 156
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
226% 1.57 MB/s
600GB free
Firmware: HPGE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 105 106 102 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 150
Write 152
Mixed 89.3
SusWrite 104
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
218% 1.5 MB/s
901GB free
Firmware: HPGH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 110 113 113 112 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 110
Write 113
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 112
72% 98.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
195% 1.3 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples453x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples646x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples449x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples399x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples193x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples174x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples135x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples304x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $387

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