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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 19.8% (973rd of 1014)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: Virtual Disk
Poor: 6%Average: 19.8% Great: 34%

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Terrible average bench

The Virtual Disk 790GB averaged 80.1% 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 3.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.91MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Virtual Disk 790GB is 27.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Virtual Disk 790GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 27.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 33.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 97319.8%
Min Avg Max
9.92 Read 38.2 60.9
10.3 Write 33.1 69.7
10.3 Mixed 34.7 62.9
6.3 SusWrite 27.1 45.7
24.8% 33.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 2.91 7.4
3.19 4K Write 5.06 7.88
0.55 4K Mixed 3.47 7.6
601% 3.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
27GB free
Firmware: 0
33.9% Below average
Read 45.5
Write 69.7
Mixed 62.9
45% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 7.88
4K Mixed 3.09
581% 4.39 MB/s
327GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 46 46 48 43 MB/s
31.6% Below average
Read 60.9
Write 58.8
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 45.7
42% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 5.5
1,000% 5.83 MB/s
175GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 46 45 43 37 27 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 58.5
Mixed 46.8
SusWrite 39.9
36% 48.9 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 6.8
4K Mixed 7.6
1,279% 7.27 MB/s
384GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 38 38 39 35 32 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 48.5
Write 38.5
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 37.2
32% 42.5 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 4.4
731% 4.07 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 MB/s
17% Very poor
Read 50.5
Write 10.3
Mixed 15.5
SusWrite 6.3
15% 20.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 6.9
977% 5 MB/s
500GB free
Firmware: 0
14.7% Very poor
Read 32
Write 18.1
Mixed 26.2
19% 25.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 3.19
4K Mixed 0.55
143% 1.43 MB/s
499GB free
Firmware: 0
13.8% Very poor
Read 24.9
Write 21.7
Mixed 28.6
19% 25.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.25
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.55
190% 1.97 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.2 6.6 7.1 MB/s
8.6% Terrible
Read 21.5
Write 11.3
Mixed 14.3
SusWrite 6.6
10% 13.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.9
218% 2.27 MB/s

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Typical Disk 790GB Builds (Compare 885 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Asrock H110M-DVS R3.0

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples172x
Pentium G4560Intel  $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples167x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples85x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples146x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples62x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples53x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples32x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples23x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples22x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples20x
ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 68%, 7,803 samples11x
Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 2,566 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $182

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