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Maxtor

7H500F0 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 30.9% (702nd of 1015)

Based on 993 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 7H500F0
Poor: 18%Average: 30.9% Great: 38%

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Poor average bench

The Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB averaged 69.1% 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 Write Speed 4.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB is 20.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 51.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 993 samples)
Rank 70230.9%
Min Avg Max
28.7 Read 54.4 68.2
31.5 Write 57.4 70.9
17.5 Mixed 34.2 41.7
23.1 SusWrite 51.8 64.3
36.3% 49.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.6 0.7
1.09 4K Write 4.54 5.9
0 4K Mixed 0.3 0.7
143% 1.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
463GB free
Firmware: HA431DD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s
47% Average
Read 158
Write 11.9
Mixed 16.4
SusWrite 5.5
35% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
104% 0.83 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 61 60 59 55 56 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 64.6
Write 67
Mixed 41.6
SusWrite 59.4
43% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.1
150% 2.23 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: HA431DD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 60 59 57 60 MB/s
33% Below average
Read 54.2
Write 61.1
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 59.1
39% 53.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0
131% 2.1 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 57 59 57 56 56 MB/s
33% Below average
Read 55.1
Write 65.4
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 58
39% 53.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.1
151% 2.27 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: HA431DD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 53 54 55 52 55 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 47.7
Write 57.7
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 54.2
35% 47.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
162% 1.67 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 36 35 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 49.7
Write 42.7
Mixed 26
SusWrite 36.2
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.3
118% 1.47 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s
21.2% Poor
Read 31.9
Write 43.6
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 40.8
27% 36.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.2
126% 1.6 MB/s
245GB free
Firmware: HA431DD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 46 42 44 44 29 MB/s
11.7% Very poor
Read 0.2
Write 2.7
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 40.7
9% 11.9 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples202x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $140Bench 71%, 147,533 samples184x
Core i7-2600Intel  $131Bench 67%, 185,630 samples64x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples53x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples35x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples26x
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples22x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples20x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $852

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