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Maxtor

6L250S0 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 28% (794th of 1015)

Based on 351 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6L250S0
Poor: 18%Average: 28% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6L250S0 250GB averaged 72.0% 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 Write Speed 4.27MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.32MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6L250S0 250GB is just 16.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6L250S0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 46.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 351 samples)
Rank 79428%
Min Avg Max
29 Read 48.2 61.8
29.7 Write 51.3 65.8
22 Mixed 40.7 64.3
17.7 SusWrite 46.2 61.5
34.5% 46.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.55 0.7
0.9 4K Write 4.27 6.5
0.005 4K Mixed 0.32 0.8
138% 1.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
213GB free
Firmware: BACE1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 62 61 61 60 MB/s
33% Below average
Read 52.2
Write 64.6
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 60.8
40% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.2
164% 2.33 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 41 42 45 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 55.2
Write 31.5
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 43.2
30% 40.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.2
120% 1.53 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 53.4
Write 54.2
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 42.1
34% 45.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 0
147% 2.4 MB/s
146GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 36 37 37 36 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 54.1
Write 59.6
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 36.3
35% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.2
166% 2.37 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) - $64

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples107x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples94x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples55x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples117x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples56x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples37x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples29x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples23x
Green 120GB (2018)WD  $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples12x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples11x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 55%, 9,947 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $151

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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