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WD3000HLFS-01G6U 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 58.4% (203rd of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD3000HLFS-01G6U
Poor: 46%Average: 58.4% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The WD WD3000HLFS-01G6U 300GB averaged 41.5% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.4MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3000HLFS-01G6U 300GB is 23.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3000HLFS-01G6U 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 99.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 20358.4%
Min Avg Max
76.6 Read 99.9 122
74.5 Write 104 122
65.6 Mixed 91.5 117
96.3 SusWrite 105 111
74.1% 99.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.79 1
0.79 4K Write 2.4 3
0.39 4K Mixed 0.69 1.3
153% 1.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
198GB free
Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
70% Good
Read 122
Write 122
Mixed 117
90% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 2.39
4K Mixed 0.62
147% 1.27 MB/s
198GB free
Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 119
Write 122
Mixed 116
90% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 2.63
4K Mixed 0.55
137% 1.27 MB/s
156GB free
Firmware: 04.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 112 113 113 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 109
Write 108
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 111
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.3
238% 1.7 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 04.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 95 98 96 97 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 117
Write 116
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 96.3
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.3
242% 1.77 MB/s
176GB free
Firmware: 04.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 109 109 92 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 107
Write 106
Mixed 70.3
SusWrite 106
72% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.07 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: 04.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 105 104 103 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 101
Write 98.8
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 104
68% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
229% 1.7 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 94.7
Write 94.8
Mixed 93.1
71% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.87
4K Write 2.56
4K Mixed 0.64
154% 1.36 MB/s
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples540x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples173x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples117x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples121x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples100x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples64x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples31x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples29x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $714

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