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Apricorn 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 48.2% (335th of 1015)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: Apricorn
Poor: 26%Average: 48.2% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Apricorn 500GB averaged 51.8% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apricorn 500GB is 37.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apricorn 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 79.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 33548.2%
Min Avg Max
9.8 Read 85.8 119
9.8 Write 79.5 114
8.7 Mixed 51.8 90.1
10.1 SusWrite 83.5 113
55.2% 75.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.49 0.7
0.1 4K Write 1.4 5.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.55 1.2
108% 0.81 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
454GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 111 111 112 111 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 105
Write 110
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 111
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 66 67 68 67 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 66.3
Write 70.4
Mixed 46.4
SusWrite 67.1
46% 62.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 67 67 45 52 66 MB/s
37% Below average
Read 68.7
Write 71.2
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 59.8
45% 61.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 67 68 68 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 59.4
Write 68.3
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 66.2
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 22 22 33 23 24 MB/s
22.2% Poor
Read 51.9
Write 34.4
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 25.3
25% 34.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
61% 0.47 MB/s
279GB free
Firmware: 0128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s
5.71% Terrible
Read 9.8
Write 9.8
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 10.1
7% 9.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,298,753 HDDs tested

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Typical Apricorn 500GB Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Fujitsu D3233-A1

CPU
Core i3-4130TIntel  $60Bench 56%, 5,264 samples12x
Core i5-4570TIntelBench 58%, 7,298 samples3x
Core i5-4590TIntelBench 60%, 6,079 samples2x
GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples12x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples5x
SSD
Solid 240GBBench 55%, 353 samples1x
IT 256GBInnovationBench 62%, 340 samples1x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples1x
RAM
RMT3160ED58E9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 53%, 6,794 samples8x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples3x
M471B5173BH0-YK0 M471B5273CH0-CK0 8GBSamsungBench 48%, 36 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $60

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