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SP2004C 200GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 24.5% (884th of 1015)

Based on 3,474 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SP2004C
Poor: 14%Average: 24.5% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung SP2004C 200GB averaged 75.4% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SP2004C 200GB is just 18%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung SP2004C 200GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 42MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,474 samples)
Rank 88424.5%
Min Avg Max
21 Read 43.2 56
19.7 Write 46.2 58.4
19.4 Mixed 33.1 40.5
18.7 SusWrite 42 55.6
30.4% 41.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.54 0.6
0.6 4K Write 1.11 1.7
0.4 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
117% 0.77 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
142GB free
Firmware: VM100-38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 50 51 51 50 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 54.5
Mixed 40
SusWrite 50.6
36% 48.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: VM100-41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 33 33 33 33 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 50.2
Write 52.7
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 34
32% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: VM100-41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 33 34 33 33 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 46.8
Write 51.6
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 33.9
31% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: VM100-50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 19 19 38 39 37 MB/s
19.8% Very poor
Read 38.7
Write 42.2
Mixed 29
SusWrite 30.1
26% 35 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VM100-33
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 31 9.9 22 28 35 MB/s
19.3% Very poor
Read 42
Write 47.5
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 24.9
27% 36.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VM100-50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 15 17 13 17 18 MB/s
8.34% Terrible
Read 13.6
Write 20.6
Mixed 16.8
SusWrite 15.4
12% 16.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 34,991,901 HDDs tested.

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Typical SP2004C 200GB Builds (Compare 760 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock B75 Pro3-M - $85

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 222,536 samples132x
Core i5-3470Intel  $77Bench 71%, 153,042 samples110x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 73%, 74,314 samples57x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 102,268 samples61x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples46x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 67%, 249,173 samples30x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $54Bench 107%, 157,772 samples23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples22x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 60,829 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 52,047 samples18x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 41,720 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $414

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