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MD500GBLS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 57.8% (210th of 1015)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Model: MD500GBLS
Poor: 40%Average: 57.8% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The MD500GBLS 500GB averaged 42.2% 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 0.86MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.18MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD500GBLS 500GB is 36.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MD500GBLS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Rank 21057.8%
Min Avg Max
67 Read 105 144
65.3 Write 100 140
43.9 Mixed 58.6 75.1
28.7 SusWrite 96.4 141
66.1% 90.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.16 4K Read 0.65 1.03
1.32 4K Write 2.18 3.05
0.16 4K Mixed 0.86 1.1
163% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.R0R.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 73 78 83 76 MB/s
49.2% Average
Read 95.2
Write 74.1
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 76.1
56% 76.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
184% 1.23 MB/s
77GB free
Firmware: 03.B1J.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 66 65 64 64 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 104
Write 105
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 64.7
61% 82.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.1 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 05.R0R.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 72 73 70 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 88.7
Write 80
Mixed 52.8
SusWrite 74.9
54% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
196% 1.37 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.01A04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 19 34 52 50 46 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 102
Write 81.5
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 41.6
52% 70.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.17 MB/s
317GB free
Firmware: 05.N0G.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 30 30 29 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 71.5
Write 33.7
Mixed 31
SusWrite 30.4
31% 41.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.63 MB/s
328GB free
Firmware: 05.N0G.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 2.1 1.1 1 1.4 1.4 MB/s
0.6% Terrible
Read 0.8
Write 0.7
Mixed 1
SusWrite 1.3
1% 0.95 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX (MS-7B84)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,034x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples505x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples223x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples260x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples237x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples197x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples112x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples98x
SA400M8240G 240GBKingstonBench 70%, 27,523 samples57x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples233x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples137x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples107x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $393

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