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ASM1156-PM 970GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 37.7% (544th of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: ASMT ASM1156-PM
Poor: 17%Average: 37.7% Great: 46%

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Poor average bench

The Asmt ASM1156-PM 970GB averaged 62.3% 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 Read Speed 1.45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.03MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmt ASM1156-PM 970GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Asmt ASM1156-PM 970GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 65MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 54437.7%
Min Avg Max
28.9 Read 65 134
26.7 Write 79.2 122
26.7 Mixed 77.1 106
15.1 SusWrite 65.2 127
53.5% 71.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 1.45 2.1
1.9 4K Write 3.03 3.4
0.1 4K Mixed 0.25 0.7
145% 1.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 62 60 62 64 64 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 97.6
Write 110
Mixed 102
SusWrite 61.1
69% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.3
150% 1.53 MB/s
756GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 48.5
Write 62.8
Mixed 89
SusWrite 98.7
56% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.2
136% 1.53 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 64 63 63 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 81
Write 122
Mixed 106
SusWrite 63.4
70% 93.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
150% 1.7 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 64 64 64 64 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 64.6
Write 111
Mixed 106
SusWrite 63.9
65% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.2
144% 1.67 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 68 67 68 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 49
Write 68.5
Mixed 85
SusWrite 65.2
50% 66.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.1
130% 1.6 MB/s
767GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 41 41 41 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 37.4
Write 38.4
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 40.8
28% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.2
138% 1.57 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,401,928 HDDs tested

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Gaming 205%
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Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 219%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA - $500

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel  $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples712x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples142x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples129x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples247x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples181x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples131x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples181x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples91x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples77x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples31x
F4 DDR4 4000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 118%, 249 samples24x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $2,308

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