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TS231UC-1 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 103% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: SST TS231UC-1
Poor: 94%Average: 103% Great: 108%

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Outstanding average bench

The SST TS231UC-1 4TB averaged 3.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SST TS231UC-1 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.85MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 2103%
Min Avg Max
152 Read 174 186
168 Write 186 209
80.5 Mixed 82.6 86.5
174 SusWrite 187 192
115% 157 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.9 1
2.1 4K Write 3.85 4.7
0.7 4K Mixed 0.82 0.9
200% 1.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 185 191 190 186 195 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 209
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 189
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.7
202% 2.1 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 189 192 189 192 191 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 182
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 191
116% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 198 188 187 197 196 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 186
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 192
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.8
214% 2.1 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 181 175 169 179 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 168
Mixed 81
SusWrite 174
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.9
218% 2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,345,003 HDDs tested

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Typical TS231UC-1 4TB Builds (Compare 1,286 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 205%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 219%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA - $500

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel  $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples708x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples140x
Core i9-10900KFIntel  $260Bench 99%, 21,040 samples127x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples243x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples179x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples130x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples180x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples77x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples30x
F4 DDR4 4000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 118%, 249 samples24x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $2,298

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