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MegaSR 499GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 46.7% (358th of 1015)

Based on 122 user benchmarks.  Model: LSI MegaSR
Poor: 7%Average: 46.7% Great: 83%

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Below average average bench

The LSI MegaSR 499GB averaged 53.3% 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 0.37MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 108MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LSI MegaSR 499GB is 76.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the LSI MegaSR 499GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 32.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.47MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 122 samples)
Rank 35846.7%
Min Avg Max
12.8 Read 108 197
6.05 Write 52.5 118
9.13 Mixed 58 126
4.67 SusWrite 32.2 120
46.6% 62.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.61 1.2
0.02 4K Write 0.47 1.49
0.06 4K Mixed 0.37 0.88
75% 0.48 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 25 27 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 216
Write 18.9
Mixed 24.2
SusWrite 26.1
52% 71.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.4
107% 0.63 MB/s
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 24 10 19 20 19 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 198
Write 28.2
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 20.5
55% 75 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.3
422% 2.8 MB/s
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 39 92 103 106 108 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 106
Write 108
Mixed 98
SusWrite 86
74% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
178% 1.37 MB/s
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 9.2 9.4 7.7 8.8 9.5 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 141
Write 16.7
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 8.8
34% 46.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
73% 0.43 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 28 29 29 27 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 110
Write 27.5
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 27.4
35% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 0.83 MB/s
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 MB/s
1.87% Terrible
Read 6.2
Write 3.5
Mixed 12
SusWrite 0.3
4% 5.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
15% 0.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,944,250 HDDs tested

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Typical MegaSR 499GB Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX1310 M1

CPU
Xeon E3-1226 v3Intel  $256Bench 71%, 2,019 samples31x
Xeon E3-1230L v3IntelBench 64%, 22 samples1x
Xeon E3-1246 v3Intel  $200Bench 73%, 2,511 samples1x
GPU
HD Graphics P4600IntelBench 3%, 2,141 samples22x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples1x
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples1x
SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial  $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples2x
SSD370 256GBTranscend  $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples1x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata  $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples1x
RAM
99U5458-002.A00LF ACR256X64D3U1333C9 99U5458-002.A00LF ACR256X64D3U1333C9 8GBKingstonBench 53%, 10 samples6x
M391B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 32%, 189 samples4x
HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 31%, 148 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $306

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