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SYMWAVE (ExtHD)

WDC WD5000LPCX-2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 31.2% (88th of 639)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1ca1 PID 18ae Model: SYMWAVE WDC WD5000LPCX-2
Poor: 26%Average: 31.2% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The SYMWAVE WDC WD5000LPCX-2 500GB averaged 68.8% 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. 4K Random Write Speed 1.72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 71.3MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SYMWAVE WDC WD5000LPCX-2 500GB is just 13.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SYMWAVE WDC WD5000LPCX-2 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.37MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.19MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 8831.2%
Min Avg Max
53.9 Read 70.7 98.3
55.5 Write 71.3 104
47.5 Mixed 61.9 77.7
87% 68 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.37 0.45
1.51 4K Write 1.72 1.98
0.14 4K Mixed 0.19 0.21
66.5% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
39GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
39.1% Below average
Read 71.2
Write 104
Mixed 77.7
113% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.28
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.18
74% 0.81 MB/s
43GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
31.9% Below average
Read 98.3
Write 59.2
Mixed 59.4
85% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.21
60% 0.72 MB/s
18GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
31.5% Below average
Read 59.6
Write 80.1
Mixed 69.3
93% 69.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.19
66% 0.73 MB/s
5GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
31.1% Below average
Read 73.3
Write 69.4
Mixed 69.4
91% 70.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.2
66% 0.74 MB/s
1GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
27.8% Poor
Read 62.8
Write 60.3
Mixed 53.9
75% 59 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.2
68% 0.8 MB/s
3GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
26.8% Poor
Read 53.9
Write 64.1
Mixed 47.5
72% 55.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1.61
4K Mixed 0.19
63% 0.74 MB/s
2GB free, PID 18ae
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
25.8% Poor
Read 55.7
Write 55.5
Mixed 57.1
73% 56.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.2
70% 0.81 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,166x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,071x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples302x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples214x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples196x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples149x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples105x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $364

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