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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 65.3% (160th of 1015)

Based on 79 user benchmarks.  Model: MD15000-BSDW-RO
Poor: 32%Average: 65.3% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The MD15000-BSDW-RO 1.5TB averaged 34.6% 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 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.35MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD15000-BSDW-RO 1.5TB is 48.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MD15000-BSDW-RO 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 104MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 91.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)
Rank 16065.3%
Min Avg Max
16.7 Read 118 151
15.5 Write 111 139
6.1 Mixed 91.8 134
33.1 SusWrite 104 137
78.7% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.002 4K Read 1.03 1.4
0.3 4K Write 2.35 2.97
0.002 4K Mixed 0.76 1.1
171% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
959GB free
Firmware: F5.02F.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 130 131 130 131 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 133
Write 114
Mixed 106
SusWrite 130
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
244% 1.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 126 127 127 128 MB/s
74.1% Very good
Read 132
Write 133
Mixed 93.1
SusWrite 126
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.63 MB/s
834GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 126 128 121 117 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 127
Write 120
Mixed 83
SusWrite 122
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.53 MB/s
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Typical MD15000-BSDW-RO 1.5TB Builds (Compare 1,654 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples380x
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples278x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples240x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples233x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples125x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples76x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples37x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $405

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