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M3 Portable 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 38.1% (537th of 1015)

Based on 6,502 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung M3 Portable
Poor: 15%Average: 38.1% Great: 59%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung M3 Portable 1TB averaged 61.8% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.24MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung M3 Portable 1TB is 43.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung M3 Portable 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 45.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,502 samples)
Rank 53738.1%
Min Avg Max
27.3 Read 65.8 104
19.2 Write 45.6 70.6
20.4 Mixed 40.8 57
24.2 SusWrite 67 105
40.4% 54.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.45 0.5
0.5 4K Write 1.24 1.6
0.4 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
112% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
166GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 91 92 91 93 93 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 106
Write 33.8
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 90.3
52% 70.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 70 66 68 69 72 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 74.1
Write 47.1
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 65.7
42% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.63 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 41 41 42 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 59.3
Write 27.6
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 41.1
30% 40.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.77 MB/s
591GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 41 42 42 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 37.7
Write 39
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 41.5
28% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
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Typical M3 Portable 1TB Builds (Compare 1,149 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples357x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples168x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples138x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples182x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples107x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples77x
SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston  $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples26x
RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $333

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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