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HD251HJ 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 41.6% (472nd of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUN HD251HJ
Poor: 33%Average: 41.6% Great: 48%

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Below average average bench

The Samsun HD251HJ 250GB averaged 58.3% 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 0.53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.92MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsun HD251HJ 250GB is just 14.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsun HD251HJ 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 67.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 72.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 47241.6%
Min Avg Max
50.5 Read 72.8 96.7
36.2 Write 67.9 97.2
49 Mixed 67.5 94.9
74.4 SusWrite 75.4 76.4
52.7% 70.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.56 0.7
1.5 4K Write 1.92 2.2
0.39 4K Mixed 0.53 1
118% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
136GB free
Firmware: 1AC0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 78.1
Write 81
Mixed 78.2
60% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 2.11
4K Mixed 0.47
119% 1.08 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: 1AC0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 76 76 77 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 82
Write 62.5
Mixed 56
SusWrite 76.4
51% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: 1AC0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 73.3
Write 77.6
Mixed 70.6
56% 73.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.81
4K Mixed 0.51
115% 0.98 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 1AC0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 73 75 75 74 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 73
Write 36.2
Mixed 49
SusWrite 74.4
43% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.27 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 58.4
Write 61.8
Mixed 76.7
50% 65.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.44
95% 0.8 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AC0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
30.2% Below average
Read 50.5
Write 54.6
Mixed 55.4
40% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.54
4K Mixed 0.39
90% 0.79 MB/s
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Typical HD251HJ 250GB Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples26x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples24x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples23x
GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples17x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples12x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples11x
SSD
Fury 120GBHyperX  $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples14x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples5x
RAM
9905584-027.A00LF 99U5474-037.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 50%, 18 samples10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples6x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $354

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