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MAL31000SA-T72 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 63.9% (169th of 1015)

Based on 64 user benchmarks.  Model: MARSHAL MAL31000SA-T72
Poor: 17%Average: 63.9% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The Marshal MAL31000SA-T72 1TB averaged 36.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.12MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marshal MAL31000SA-T72 1TB is 71.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marshal MAL31000SA-T72 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 64 samples)
Rank 16963.9%
Min Avg Max
14.6 Read 112 155
14.9 Write 113 150
12.7 Mixed 58.6 117
41.7 SusWrite 111 155
72.1% 98.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.71 0.91
0.22 4K Write 2.12 3.1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.73 1.1
151% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 152 152 156 154 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 139
Write 150
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 153
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.57 MB/s
801GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 139 138 139 138 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 142
Write 139
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 138
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.6 MB/s
254GB free
Firmware: FL1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 128 129 129 128 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 144
Write 149
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 129
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.67 MB/s
892GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FL3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 152 152 155 157 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 119
Write 128
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 152
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.27 MB/s
634GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 137 138 136 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 134
Write 131
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 137
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.67 MB/s
660GB free
Firmware: MT4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 123 124 136 133 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 132
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.13 MB/s
425GB free
Firmware: FL1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 124 123 123 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 105
Write 116
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 123
73% 99.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.57 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Emaxx EMX-A58FM2HD-iCafe

CPU
A6-6400K APUAMD  $81Bench 40%, 13,306 samples2x
A4-4020 APUAMDBench 42%, 1,315 samples2x
A8-6600K APUAMD  $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples1x
GPU
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples2x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples1x
GTX 560Nvidia  $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples1x
SSD
KingstonSA400S37 120GBBench 54%, 30 samples1x
SA400S37/240GB 240GBKingstonBench 55%, 389 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 27%, 3,879 samples1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples1x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 29%, 7,230 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $81

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