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STM3200820AS 200GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 30.8% (703rd of 1015)

Based on 277 user benchmarks.  Models: MAXTOR STM3200820AS, MAXTOR STM3200820A
Poor: 14%Average: 30.8% Great: 40%

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Poor average bench

The Maxtor STM3200820AS 200GB averaged 69.1% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.55MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor STM3200820AS 200GB is 26.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor STM3200820AS 200GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 43.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 277 samples)
Rank 70330.8%
Min Avg Max
21.6 Read 55.9 71
15.1 Write 43.5 68.4
15.9 Mixed 37 62
11.3 SusWrite 48.6 70.3
34.1% 46.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.19 4K Read 0.55 0.7
0.4 4K Write 1.14 1.4
0.14 4K Mixed 0.57 0.9
107% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
185GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 71 71 70 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 82.8
Write 37.5
Mixed 45.1
SusWrite 70.6
44% 59 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.93 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 63 73 74 74 MB/s
43.2% Average
Read 79.3
Write 41.2
Mixed 45
SusWrite 71.2
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 78.7
Write 40.1
Mixed 42
SusWrite 69.8
42% 57.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 41 40 41 42 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 103
Write 31.5
Mixed 48.4
SusWrite 41.4
41% 56 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
180GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 56 57 59 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 63.2
Write 56.8
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 57.9
39% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 40 34 40 50 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 82.5
Write 34.2
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 38.2
37% 49.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
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Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Asus P5KPL-AM SE

CPU
Pentium E5300Intel  $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples34x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples31x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel  $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples30x
GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples41x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples34x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples20x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples7x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples7x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples315x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples37x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $87

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