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Virtual disk 130GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 59.4% (194th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: VMware Virtual disk
Poor: 38%Average: 59.4% Great: 86%

Average average bench

The Vmware Virtual disk 130GB averaged 40.6% 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 4.24MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.64MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Vmware Virtual disk 130GB is 48.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Vmware Virtual disk 130GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 63.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 99.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 19459.4%
Min Avg Max
100 Read 134 201
27.9 Write 99.6 170
57.5 Mixed 101 156
18.9 SusWrite 63.5 110
73.9% 99.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 5.64 7.8
2.3 4K Write 4.01 5.1
0.8 4K Mixed 4.24 6.1
781% 4.63 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 89 94 122 96 82 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 201
Write 112
Mixed 154
SusWrite 97.4
105% 141 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 3.8
671% 4.03 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 85 116 133 125 MB/s
67% Good
Read 120
Write 129
Mixed 156
SusWrite 110
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 6.1
1,072% 6.13 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
62.6% Good
Read 107
Write 107
Mixed 97.8
78% 104 MB/s
4K Read 7.16
4K Write 4.58
4K Mixed 4.84
921% 5.53 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 27 33 35 31 36 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 164
Write 170
Mixed 64.7
SusWrite 40.8
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.23 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 49 51 52 49 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 100
Write 51
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 50.4
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 6
1,081% 6.2 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 18 19 17 25 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 109
Write 27.9
Mixed 74.7
SusWrite 18.9
44% 57.7 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 3.9
782% 4.67 MB/s

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