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Schijfstation 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 35.2% (583rd of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Schijfstation
Poor: 1%Average: 35.2% Great: 64%

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Poor average bench

The Schijfstation 500GB averaged 64.7% 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 0.32MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 68.1MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Schijfstation 500GB is 63.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Schijfstation 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 43.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 56.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 58335.2%
Min Avg Max
1.7 Read 68.1 109
0.7 Write 56.4 115
0.5 Mixed 50 105
0.5 SusWrite 43.2 76.2
40.4% 54.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.38 0.8
0 4K Write 0.73 2.3
0 4K Mixed 0.32 1
65% 0.48 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
232GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC49
64.2% Good
Read 109
Write 115
Mixed 105
83% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.18
4K Write 0.58
4K Mixed 0.14
34% 0.3 MB/s
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 88 71 73 87 88 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 81.9
Write 87.8
Mixed 62
SusWrite 76.2
57% 77 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.37 MB/s
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 78.7
Write 70.8
Mixed 73.4
56% 74.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 0.33
4K Mixed 0.17
49% 0.36 MB/s
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 37 54 60 61 66 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 68.7
Write 51
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 52.9
39% 52.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
85% 0.53 MB/s
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AA01114 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
23.3% Poor
Read 68.3
Write 12.8
Mixed 21.2
25% 34.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 0.45
4K Mixed 0.11
34% 0.3 MB/s
452GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 MB/s
0.63% Terrible
Read 1.7
Write 0.7
Mixed 0.5
SusWrite 0.5
1% 0.85 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,337,784 HDDs tested

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Typical Schijfstation 500GB Builds (Compare 48 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8530w

CPU
Core2 Duo T9600Intel  $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples16x
Core2 Duo T9400Intel  $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples10x
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel  $172Bench 46%, 660 samples6x
GPU
Quadro FX 770MNvidiaBench 2%, 849 samples44x
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples4x
SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples5x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples2x
SSD 120GBGigabyte  $30Bench 70%, 13,685 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples32x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $222

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