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6 L300S0 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 28.2% (785th of 1015)

Based on 136 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6 L300S0
Poor: 19%Average: 28.2% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6 L300S0 300GB averaged 71.7% 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 Write Speed 4.27MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.35MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6 L300S0 300GB is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6 L300S0 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 47MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 48.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 136 samples)
Rank 78528.2%
Min Avg Max
28.9 Read 47 63.1
35.4 Write 52.7 67.2
23.1 Mixed 42.9 66.1
16.6 SusWrite 48.9 66
35.5% 47.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.22 4K Read 0.55 0.71
1.07 4K Write 4.27 6.51
0.1 4K Mixed 0.35 0.8
140% 1.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
265GB free
Firmware: BACE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 44 51 48 49 59 MB/s
29.8% Poor
Read 53.9
Write 43.4
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 48.6
32% 43.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.1
105% 1.63 MB/s
153GB free
Firmware: BANC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 54 60 60 59 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 42.9
Write 49.5
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 58.8
32% 43.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0.1
133% 2.07 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: BACE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 52 56 53 52 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 45.7
Write 66.7
Mixed 31
SusWrite 53.6
36% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.8
221% 2.4 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: BANC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 51 51 51 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 46.8
Write 48
Mixed 30.4
SusWrite 51.7
32% 44.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.1
145% 2.2 MB/s
278GB free
Firmware: BANC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 43 42 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 55.2
Write 57.9
Mixed 37
SusWrite 41.8
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.2
123% 1.67 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BACE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 17 19 22 23 48 MB/s
22.2% Poor
Read 47.7
Write 61.9
Mixed 34.6
SusWrite 28.2
32% 43.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.6
185% 2.03 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: BANC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 24 27 29 31 32 MB/s
20.1% Poor
Read 39.5
Write 46.7
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 28.9
27% 36.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0
116% 1.8 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 40%
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Workstation 3%
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System: Foxconn M61PMV

CPU
Processor model unknownAMDBench 34%, 245 samples3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+AMD  $50Bench 34%, 2,970 samples2x
GPU
GTX 275Nvidia  $250Bench 9%, 3,083 samples3x
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples2x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples2x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
240GB 240GBKingmaxBench 72%, 2,389 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples9x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples2x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $288

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