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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 55.4% (246th of 1015)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: JMicron
Poor: 42%Average: 55.4% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The JMicron 5TB averaged 44.5% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.72MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the JMicron 5TB is 32.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the JMicron 5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 84.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 24655.4%
Min Avg Max
50.3 Read 84.6 191
65.3 Write 97.2 166
37.5 Mixed 60.4 124
74.6 SusWrite 108 184
64.3% 87.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.23 4.4
1.9 4K Write 3.72 6.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 1.1
198% 1.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 183 183 182 183 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 166
Mixed 124
SusWrite 184
122% 166 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.9
344% 2.87 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: 9125
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 89 101 84 96 107 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 104
Write 109
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 95.7
65% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
288% 2.07 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 4207
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 114 115 118 118 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 66.7
Write 87.2
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 116
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.5
158% 1.8 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 9128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 72 78 71 75 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 87.9
Write 128
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 75.7
67% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.7
209% 2.1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 75 75 73 68 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 78.1
Write 95.3
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 74.6
59% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.6
179% 1.93 MB/s
659GB free
Firmware: 4207
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 77 80 80 79 MB/s
40.7% Average
Read 61.8
Write 77.5
Mixed 64.7
SusWrite 79
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.5
157% 1.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,354,015 HDDs tested

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Typical JMicron 5TB Builds (Compare 6,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,915x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples768x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples367x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples909x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples786x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples783x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples198x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples289x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $995

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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