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Virtual disk 462GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 71.9% (119th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: VMware Virtual disk
Poor: 57%Average: 71.9% Great: 81%

Good average bench

The Vmware Virtual disk 462GB averaged 28.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 2.41MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.45MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 83.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 11971.9%
Min Avg Max
148 Read 161 179
69 Write 101 126
91.6 Mixed 130 185
47.8 SusWrite 83.4 122
88.9% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.78 4K Read 3.45 6.8
0.65 4K Write 2.71 5.2
0.46 4K Mixed 2.41 4.4
462% 2.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 130 127 100 122 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 148
Write 106
Mixed 123
SusWrite 122
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.8
333% 2 MB/s
366GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 87 98 101 106 95 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 170
Write 126
Mixed 185
SusWrite 81
106% 140 MB/s
4K Read 6.8
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 4.4
868% 5.47 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 63 76 29 17 20 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 148
Write 69
Mixed 91.6
SusWrite 47.8
66% 89.2 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 3
551% 3.33 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 5.9 5.6 5.3 2.1 3.7 MB/s
4.14% Terrible
Read 10.1
Write 4
Mixed 6
SusWrite 4.3
5% 6.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s

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