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Lacie

d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 86.3% (40th of 1015)

Based on 92 user benchmarks.  Model: LaCie d2 TBT2 USB3
Poor: 23%Average: 86.3% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB averaged just 13.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 156MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB is 89.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.71MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 92 samples)
Rank 4086.3%
Min Avg Max
37.7 Read 156 201
35.9 Write 126 183
29.9 Mixed 80.9 149
40.6 SusWrite 145 202
93.1% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.71 0.8
1.48 4K Write 1.66 1.81
0.2 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
140% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 202 202 200 201 204 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 129
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 201
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 158 160 160 159 MB/s
93.1% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 135
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 160
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 160 160 162 161 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 117
Write 99.7
Mixed 69
SusWrite 160
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 157 158 157 157 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 109
Write 136
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 156
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples602x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples488x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples457x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples404x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples257x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples175x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples118x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples290x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $527

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