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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 52.7% (272nd of 1015)

Based on 175 user benchmarks.  Model: MM1000GBKAL
Poor: 31%Average: 52.7% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The MM1000GBKAL 1TB averaged 47.2% 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 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.84MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MM1000GBKAL 1TB is 31.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MM1000GBKAL 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 89MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 175 samples)
Rank 27252.7%
Min Avg Max
58.5 Read 94.6 112
32.9 Write 90.4 112
30.2 Mixed 59.7 90.2
30.6 SusWrite 89 111
61.4% 83.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.84 1
0.68 4K Write 1.78 2.2
0.46 4K Mixed 0.95 1.12
173% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
929GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 110 105 107 108 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 101
Write 98.8
Mixed 59.9
SusWrite 106
67% 91.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
833GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 105 110 106 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 100
Write 112
Mixed 66.6
SusWrite 107
71% 96.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
197% 1.33 MB/s
506GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 98 99 96 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 98.8
Write 96.2
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 96.6
65% 88 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
197% 1.33 MB/s
559GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 79 75 77 80 82 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 82.2
Write 83.3
Mixed 52.9
SusWrite 74.5
54% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 72 74 76 71 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 82.2
Write 83.6
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 73.4
54% 73.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.23 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 102 101 104 104 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 53.1
Write 54.4
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 103
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.63 MB/s
799GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 50 60 58 69 77 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 89.2
Write 78.9
Mixed 57.1
SusWrite 62
53% 71.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
749GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 78 71 66 58 69 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 68.1
Write 78.1
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 66.6
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
518GB free
Firmware: HPGC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 7.6 8.8 9.4 9.6 MB/s
5.24% Terrible
Read 8.2
Write 8.7
Mixed 7.5
SusWrite 10
6% 8.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
17% 0.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,324,927 HDDs tested

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Typical MM1000GBKAL 1TB Builds (Compare 11,589 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples3,918x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples3,540x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples1,609x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples2,189x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples984x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples933x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples466x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples184x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples179x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples226x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples158x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples152x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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