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MAL2500SA-T54 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 41.8% (469th of 1015)

Based on 129 user benchmarks.  Model: MARSHAL MAL2500SA-T54
Poor: 19%Average: 41.8% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Marshal MAL2500SA-T54 500GB averaged 58.2% 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 0.41MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.23MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marshal MAL2500SA-T54 500GB is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Marshal MAL2500SA-T54 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.36MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 129 samples)
Rank 46941.8%
Min Avg Max
27.7 Read 73.1 106
15.4 Write 74.2 106
12 Mixed 37.1 88.8
28.9 SusWrite 72.2 107
46.9% 64.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.36 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.23 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.41 0.65
83.1% 0.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
461GB free
Firmware: AX0E1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 111 112 112 MB/s
64.1% Good
Read 112
Write 108
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 112
66% 91.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 1 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: AX0D5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 103 103 104 104 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 98.9
Write 101
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 104
61% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: AX0D5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 103 104 103 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 98.4
Write 100
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 103
61% 83.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.87 MB/s
378GB free
Firmware: AX0D5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 96 97 96 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 94
Write 90.8
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 96
57% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX001A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 84 70 73 74 79 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 75
Write 86.5
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 76.3
48% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
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Typical MAL2500SA-T54 500GB Builds (Compare 327 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples70x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples49x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples3x
SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel  $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples16x
MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 83%, 1,792 samples7x
MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 84%, 5,922 samples7x
RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 4% - Terrible Total price: $209

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