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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 58.9% (814th of 1071)

Based on 94 user benchmarks.  Model: QEMU HARDDISK
Poor: 41%Average: 58.9% Great: 81%

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Average average bench

The Qemu HARDDISK 500GB averaged 41.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 76.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Qemu HARDDISK 500GB is 39.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Qemu HARDDISK 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 82.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 81.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)
Rank 81458.9%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 430 513
104 Write 338 495
136 Mixed 340 508
38.8 SusWrite 251 410
76.1% 340 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9 4K Read 19.8 29.4
8.3 4K Write 26.2 40.9
8.48 4K Mixed 21.4 32.8
71.3% 22.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.4 DQ Read 82.1 145
30.5 DQ Write 81.8 144
13.4 DQ Mixed 76.2 138
58.8% 80.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 418 422 432 396 382 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 456
Write 435
Mixed 418
SusWrite 411
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 28.4
93% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 114
89% 120 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 386 399 410 409 414 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 419
Write 396
Mixed 360
SusWrite 401
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 37.2
4K Mixed 27.4
90% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 74.1
DQ Write 84
DQ Mixed 67.6
54% 75.2 MB/s
311GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 147 182 172 165 176 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 467
Write 240
Mixed 428
SusWrite 165
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 30.2
97% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 96.7
DQ Write 99.2
DQ Mixed 111
80% 102 MB/s
308GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 119 130 136 136 122 MB/s
62.6% Good
Read 472
Write 143
Mixed 429
SusWrite 131
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 30.4
97% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 120
91% 121 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.5+
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 296 234 238 273 279 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 503
Write 466
Mixed 468
SusWrite 253
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 8.5
32% 8.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 65,443,136 SSDs tested.

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Typical HARDDISK 500GB Builds (Compare 456 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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

CPU
KVM processorCommonBench 64%, 2,228 samples31x
Ryzen 7 3700X 8-CoreAMDBench 76%, 455 samples16x
Ryzen 9 5900X 12-CoreAMDBench 92%, 160 samples12x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples28x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $420Bench 128%, 365,409 samples22x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples21x
SSD
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples103x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples56x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $325

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