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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 24.4% (881st of 1014)

Based on 384 user benchmarks.  Model: Virtual Disk
Poor: 6%Average: 24.4% Great: 52%

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Very poor average bench

The Virtual Disk 56GB averaged 75.5% 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 3.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Virtual Disk 56GB is 45.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Virtual Disk 56GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 25.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 35.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 384 samples)
Rank 88124.4%
Min Avg Max
11 Read 50.5 157
8.57 Write 35.5 57.6
10.8 Mixed 40.6 71.2
2.9 SusWrite 25.6 43.7
28.4% 38 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.78 4K Read 4.3 7.54
0.62 4K Write 3.85 7.25
0.55 4K Mixed 3.02 6.95
586% 3.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 32 42 36 26 0.6 MB/s
22.4% Poor
Read 46.5
Write 29.3
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 29.4
26% 34.5 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 6
861% 4.33 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 7.5 0.4 0.3 MB/s
19.3% Very poor
Read 48
Write 48
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 14.7
29% 38.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 7.2
4K Mixed 7.9
1,311% 7.43 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 13 12 15 16 MB/s
18.9% Very poor
Read 48
Write 26
Mixed 10.8
SusWrite 15.4
18% 25.1 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 3.5
667% 4 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 23 15 14 16 MB/s
18.3% Very poor
Read 40
Write 35
Mixed 39.3
SusWrite 20.2
25% 33.6 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 4.8
891% 5.5 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6.5 11 43 47 50 MB/s
10.3% Very poor
Read 9
Write 8.5
Mixed 6.5
SusWrite 27
9% 12.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.1 1.9 0 3 4.6 MB/s
6.45% Terrible
Read 17.5
Write 9.3
Mixed 14.8
SusWrite 3.2
8% 11.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 3.1
513% 2.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,932,683 HDDs tested

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Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples498x
Core i3-4160Intel  $120Bench 55%, 48,506 samples275x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples274x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples369x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples350x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples227x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples115x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples91x
SU650 120GBAdata  $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples56x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples88x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples68x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples59x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $285

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