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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 62.8% (175th of 1015)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: Msft Virtual Disk
Poor: 36%Average: 62.8% Great: 111%

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Above average average bench

The Msft Virtual Disk 32GB averaged 37.2% 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 0.43MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Msft Virtual Disk 32GB is 75%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Msft Virtual Disk 32GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 21.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 98.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 17562.8%
Min Avg Max
69.8 Read 133 249
30.6 Write 98.9 205
6.09 Mixed 86.9 197
6.6 SusWrite 21.8 29.6
63.4% 85.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.18 4K Read 0.64 1.38
0.22 4K Write 1.41 3.95
0.11 4K Mixed 0.43 0.85
100% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
120% Outstanding
Read 249
Write 170
Mixed 165
146% 195 MB/s
4K Read 1.38
4K Write 2.54
4K Mixed 0.38
146% 1.43 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
111% Outstanding
Read 219
Write 168
Mixed 158
136% 181 MB/s
4K Read 1.27
4K Write 2.58
4K Mixed 0.35
140% 1.4 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 29 28 31 34 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 97.2
Write 103
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 29.1
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 31 31 33 33 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 95.5
Write 92.2
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 29.6
50% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 9.1 7.1 6.1 5 4.9 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 69.8
Write 30.6
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 6.6
23% 31.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
67% 0.37 MB/s
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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

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Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples183x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples186x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples92x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples43x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples40x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples70x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228

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