Real World Speed
Performance profile from 467,516 user samples
9,744 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% 5.5TB free
Worst Bench: 44% 5TB free
Poor: 44% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 136th / 1015
457,772 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 114% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 59% 1.5TB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 114%
SPEED RANK: 13th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
68.9 % 92.8 % Much faster effective speed.
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
99 MB/s 165 MB/s Much faster read speed.
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
120 MB/s 133 MB/s Faster write speed.
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
1.52 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
0.68 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
4.78 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
1.6 MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
67 MB/s 77.1 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.67 MB/s 0.73 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
140 MB/s 159 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
Peak Sequential Read Speed
150 MB/s 202 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
Peak Sequential Write Speed
152 MB/s 173 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
2.21 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
0.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
5.51 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
1.8 MB/s
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
77.8 MB/s 87.5 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.9 MB/s 0.9 MB/s
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
179 MB/s 201 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
Market Share
Based on 39,660,477 HDDs tested.
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.08 % 1.74 % Insanely higher market share.
Value For Money
68.9 % Much better value.
46.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 60 % More popular.
Price (score)
$120 $80 Much cheaper.
48+ Months More recent.
58 Months

Big space for the price! Can store all my games and more on here [Mar '20 percy2020]


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