Essentiel

B 2TB

B 2TB
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Effective Speed -84%Effective Speed -84%Average Score -41%Read -70%, Write -65%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write 124%, Mixed -93%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -104%Peak Score -15%Read -38%, Write -29%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write 143%, Mixed -72%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +59% Age 59%

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Average Bench: 47.8% (338^th of 1015)

Based on 117 user benchmarks. Model: Essentiel B

Poor: 17%Average: 47.8% Great: 78%

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Below average average bench

The Essentiel B 2TB averaged 52.1% 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 Write Speed 4.82MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.52MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Essentiel B 2TB is 61.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Essentiel B 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.6MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 74.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 117 samples)

Rank 33847.8%

Min	Avg	Max
28.1	Read 91.4	145
25	Write 87.3	146
19	Mixed 42.6	57.2
22.6	SusWrite 74.3	132
54.1% 73.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.29	4K Read 1.17	1.5
0.48	4K Write 4.82	6.1
0.2	4K Mixed 0.52	0.7
195% 2.17 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

448GB free

Firmware: 60A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 118 119 119 MB/s

67.7% Good

Write 122

Mixed 47.2

SusWrite 114

74% 101 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5.9

4K Mixed 0.6

234% 2.63 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

634GB free

Firmware: 60A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 100 100 100 100 MB/s

64.9% Good

Write 117

Mixed 51.9

SusWrite 101

72% 98.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 6

4K Mixed 0.6

236% 2.67 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

478GB free

Firmware: 60A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 88 84 93 93 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 118

Mixed 50.8

SusWrite 89.3

69% 94.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 6

4K Mixed 0.6

232% 2.63 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X411UNV

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	43x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	35x
Core i3-7100UIntelBench 43%, 37,239 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	47x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	31x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2x

SSD
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples	20x
PX-128S2G 128GBPlextorBench 74%, 499 samples	9x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	7x

RAM
8ATF51264HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 1,495 samples	26x
8ATF51264HZ-2G1B1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 12GBMicronBench 56%, 116 samples	17x
8ATF51264HZ-2G1B1 Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBMicronBench 72%, 84 samples	8x

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Essentiel

B 2TB

Average Bench: 47.8% (338^th of 1015)

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B 2TB

Average Bench: 47.8% (338th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 47.8% (338^th of 1015)