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SP1614C 160GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 25.4% (852nd of 1015)

Based on 1,657 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SP1614C
Poor: 14%Average: 25.4% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung SP1614C 160GB averaged 74.5% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.33MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SP1614C 160GB is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung SP1614C 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 43.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,657 samples)
Rank 85225.4%
Min Avg Max
21.5 Read 43.6 56.5
26.2 Write 49.2 61
18 Mixed 32.9 39.8
19.8 SusWrite 44.8 57.5
31.4% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.53 0.6
0.7 4K Write 1.33 1.6
0.4 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
133% 0.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
89GB free
Firmware: SW100-34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 56 56 55 55 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 50.3
Write 59.3
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 55.6
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1.03 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: SW100-27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 56 51 52 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 48.2
Write 56.6
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 54.7
36% 48.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: SW100-27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 51 51 54 55 55 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 48
Write 59.1
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 53.6
37% 49.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 1 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: SW100-30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 50 50 50 48 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 52.7
Write 56
Mixed 40
SusWrite 48.4
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: SW100-30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 49 50 50 48 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 51.6
Write 60.5
Mixed 39
SusWrite 48.4
37% 49.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 1 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: SW100-34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 45 45 47 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 42.7
Write 49.8
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 47.5
32% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: SW100-27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 37 36 36 MB/s
21.1% Poor
Read 36.6
Write 44.7
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 36.5
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: SW10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 38 38 37 38 MB/s
19.7% Very poor
Read 29.9
Write 38.4
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 38.4
24% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.67 MB/s
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Typical SP1614C 160GB Builds (Compare 6,410 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,311x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples1,115x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples925x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples784x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples398x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples231x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples151x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples140x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples123x
RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples192x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples184x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples163x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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