Average Bench: 13.2% (1068th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: QEMU HARDDISK
Poor: 8%Average: 13.2% Great: 19%

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Terrible average bench

The Qemu HARDDISK 3TB averaged 86.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 132MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 112MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Qemu HARDDISK 3TB is just 11.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Qemu HARDDISK 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.17MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Min Avg Max
69 Read 132 195
30.6 Write 112 154
29 Mixed 75.7 133
50.8 SusWrite 105 163
23.9% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.63 9.8
1.6 4K Write 2.17 3.9
0.24 4K Mixed 0.72 1.1
4.53% 1.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 149 140 145 144 MB/s
Read 178
Write 154
Mixed 133
SusWrite 146
34% 153 MB/s
4K Read 9.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1.1
18% 4.93 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 129 24 74 132 138 MB/s
Read 195
Write 151
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 103
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
3% 1.13 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 111 112 108 MB/s
Read 140
Write 118
Mixed 99.2
SusWrite 110
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
4% 1.43 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 96 97 96 96 MB/s
Read 88.2
Write 87.5
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 96.3
19% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
4% 1.27 MB/s
933GB free
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 88 83 83 86 MB/s
Read 69
Write 85.8
Mixed 49
SusWrite 84.5
16% 72.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
3% 1.07 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,779,089 SSDs tested

Typical HARDDISK 3TB Builds (Compare 607 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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