Average Bench: 24.5% (882nd of 1015)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model:
Poor: 11%Average: 24.5% Great: 40%

Very poor average bench

The averaged 75.5% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.28MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the is 28.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 31.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 39.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Min Avg Max
10.5 Read 44.6 73.4
15.1 Write 40.6 79.2
17.5 Mixed 31.5 55.8
15.3 SusWrite 39.7 78.2
28.9% 39.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.31 4K Write 1.28 2
0.19 4K Mixed 0.67 1.1
120% 0.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
103GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 81 77 76 76 MB/s
Read 73.4
Write 79.2
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 78.2
50% 68.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
121GB free
Firmware: 010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 63 63 62 63 MB/s
Read 68.8
Write 68.3
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 62.1
47% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 54 56 56 57 MB/s
Read 56.4
Write 56.1
Mixed 38
SusWrite 55.6
38% 51.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 34 33 34 34 MB/s
Read 49.9
Write 47.8
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 32.8
29% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
111% 0.67 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: 010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 25 25 25 26 MB/s
Read 10.5
Write 22.3
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 24.9
14% 18.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.67 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,440,105 HDDs tested

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Gaming 15%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC8BEB

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