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3.0 Silicon-Power 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 44.3% (418th of 1015)

Based on 85 user benchmarks.  Model: PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power
Poor: 12%Average: 44.3% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 5TB averaged 55.7% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.12MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 5TB is 57.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 73.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)
Rank 41844.3%
Min Avg Max
21.5 Read 76.6 125
11.8 Write 73.5 127
15.7 Mixed 52.6 76.2
11.5 SusWrite 76.9 133
51.5% 69.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.85 1.4
0.2 4K Write 3.12 6.31
0.2 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
154% 1.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 103 105 104 106 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 77.4
Write 84.1
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 104
59% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.7
201% 2.17 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 90 90 89 89 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 91.6
Write 93.5
Mixed 63.4
SusWrite 88.8
62% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.8
244% 2.6 MB/s
673GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 75 79 79 79 MB/s
42% Average
Read 68.2
Write 85.3
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 77.2
52% 71 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
153% 1.63 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 85 82 84 84 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 39.3
Write 60
Mixed 63.1
SusWrite 82.2
46% 61.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.5
137% 1.47 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 54.9
Write 33.7
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 38.7
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
226% 1.7 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 54%
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System: Lenovo 81Y8

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples634x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples372x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples171x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples91x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1101 1TBWDCBench 252%, 7,885 samples104x
SKHynix_HFM512GDHTNI-87A0B 512GBBench 169%, 11,687 samples89x
MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L2 1TBSamsungBench 281%, 13,997 samples67x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples213x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples132x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples127x
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