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Samsung HM251JJ

Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 31.6% (679th of 1015)

Based on 77 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HM251JJ
Poor: 14%Average: 31.6% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 250GB averaged 68.3% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.47MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 250GB is 27.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 77 samples)
Rank 67931.6%
Min Avg Max
8.1 Read 55.1 79.4
26.3 Write 57.2 78.2
14.1 Mixed 42.2 67.8
21.1 SusWrite 53 76.8
38.3% 51.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.12 4K Read 0.47 0.6
0.43 4K Write 0.89 1.21
0.16 4K Mixed 0.48 0.8
89.4% 0.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 72 75 78 78 77 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 64.9
Write 68
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 73
46% 62 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.87 MB/s
228GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 68 66 65 69 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 64.3
Write 71.2
Mixed 41.4
SusWrite 67.3
45% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
228GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 66 66 61 66 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 66
Write 64.1
Mixed 42.2
SusWrite 65.5
44% 59.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.73 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 56 55 56 55 53 MB/s
31.4% Below average
Read 53.3
Write 57.1
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 55.9
39% 52.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.73 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 50.7
Write 50.8
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 49.9
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
97% 0.7 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: 2AA00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 50 49 49 MB/s
25.5% Poor
Read 40.1
Write 44.1
Mixed 34
SusWrite 48.5
31% 41.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
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Gaming 137%
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Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 134%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H470 AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples50x
Core i5-10400Intel  $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples42x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples40x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples41x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples29x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples17x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples19x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples15x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples12x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $763

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