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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 63.2% (174th of 1015)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: Data
Poor: 26%Average: 63.2% Great: 117%

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Above average average bench

The Data 2TB averaged 36.7% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.42MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Data 2TB is 91.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Data 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 17463.2%
Min Avg Max
30.2 Read 113 234
13 Write 101 205
19.4 Mixed 72.4 169
13.9 SusWrite 104 218
71.8% 97.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.96 2.9
0.13 4K Write 2.42 6.2
0.13 4K Mixed 0.72 2
165% 1.37 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
666GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 142 143 143 142 143 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 111
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 142
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
101% 0.7 MB/s
537GB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 107 106 107 103 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 139
Write 103
Mixed 62.6
SusWrite 107
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 1.3
354% 3 MB/s
864GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 142 142 142 142 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 99
Write 65
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 142
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 2
385% 2.97 MB/s
620GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 76 88 108 108 110 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 84.3
Write 63.7
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 99
57% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
224% 1.57 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 13 14 14 14 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 150
Write 13
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 13.9
36% 49.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
187% 1.23 MB/s
797GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 85 83 85 85 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 63
Write 16
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 83.7
38% 51.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 42 45 51 56 62 MB/s
38.4% Below average
Read 84
Write 36.1
Mixed 36.4
SusWrite 49.9
38% 51.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples80x
Core i7 930Intel  $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples58x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples45x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples18x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples18x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples16x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples12x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples9x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples75x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples44x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $259

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