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WL300GLSA3210000 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 96% (6th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: WL300GLSA3210000
Poor: 82%Average: 96% Great: 108%

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Excellent average bench

The WL300GLSA3210000 500GB averaged just 4.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WL300GLSA3210000 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.23MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4MB/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. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 104MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 696%
Min Avg Max
137 Read 177 208
147 Write 163 178
90.7 Mixed 104 117
155 SusWrite 162 169
111% 152 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.23 4K Read 1.51 1.7
3.19 4K Write 4 4.6
0.4 4K Mixed 1.23 1.7
274% 2.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
372GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 169 169 171 169 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 178
Mixed 117
SusWrite 169
123% 168 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.6
322% 2.47 MB/s
367GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 155 154 156 156 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 165
Mixed 105
SusWrite 155
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.7
345% 2.67 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 137
Write 147
Mixed 90.7
93% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.23
4K Write 3.19
4K Mixed 0.4
154% 1.61 MB/s

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Typical WL300GLSA3210000 500GB Builds (Compare 40 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock H110M-DVP

CPU
Core i5-7600Intel  $89Bench 72%, 39,689 samples12x
Core i3-6100Intel  $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples5x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples5x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples4x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples3x
SSD
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples6x
HS-SSD-C100 480GBBench 56%, 644 samples4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples3x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 67%, 1,572 samples8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples3x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $206

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