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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

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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
456GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 63 65 63 66 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 62.5
Write 70.3
Mixed 37.7
SusWrite 64.6
43% 58.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.6
159% 1.57 MB/s
442GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 66 64 64 64 MB/s
35.2% Below average
Read 56.4
Write 72.7
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 64.8
44% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.1
129% 1.9 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 47 48 49 50 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 58.3
Write 70.7
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 48.8
40% 54.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
161% 1.43 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 51 53 53 52 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 45
Write 55.6
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 51
34% 46 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.1
112% 1.6 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 36 36 36 35 37 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 59.5
Write 69.6
Mixed 40.6
SusWrite 36.2
38% 51.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.1
131% 1.9 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 43 44 44 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 49.8
Write 46.2
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 44.2
32% 42.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.2
120% 1.57 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: HA431DN0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 50
Write 56.7
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 36.8
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.2
129% 1.73 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

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Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples253x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples251x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples87x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples63x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples58x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples45x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples28x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples20x
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