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Benchmarks Scores	Results	Results	Results	Results
[14] PCMark 7 Windows Media Center Performance Windows Media Center Performance Score in MB/sGo	8.04	8.02	7.83	7.98
[24] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Reads Streaming Reads Benchmark Pattern (Average throughput [MB/s]) Score in MB/sGo	177.80	148.07	137.30	151.98
[29] Performance per Watt Streaming Writes at Streaming Writes ([Streaming Writes MB per Watt]) Score in ScoreGo	23.31	17.17	13.42	16.06
[06] Write Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum) Score in MB/sGo	92.14	76.42	69.52	75.92
[16] PCMark 7 Application loading Application loading [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	3.76	4.70	4.30	4.56
[07] Read Access Time: h2benchw 3.16 Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency)) Score in msGo	15.47	15.30	11.81	16.49
[34] Desktop Performance 50% Throughput - 25% PCMark - 25% I/O Score in ScoreGo	492.95	436.83	428.56	419.94
[21] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Fileserver Fileserver Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	124.01	122.71	159.43	107.20
[33] Drive Surface Temperature Fahrenheit Ambient temperature 72°F Score in FahrenheitGo	99.00	102.00	111.00	104.00
[27] Power Requirement: HD Video Playback via VLC Player (Avg. Power [Watt]) Score in WattsGo	5.50	7.33	7.03	7.73
[02] Read Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum) Score in MB/sGo	193.55	151.95	140.99	157.99
[23] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Workstation Workstation Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	135.16	144.02	168.04	112.65
[11] PCMark 7 Windows Defender Windows Defender [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	2.09	2.26	2.29	2.02
[30] Power Requirement at Database Benchmark Database Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt]) Score in WattsGo	7.86	9.41	11.49	7.48
[03] Read Throughput Minimum: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Minimum) Score in MB/sGo	93.52	76.79	69.85	75.92
[13] PCMark 7 Video editing using Windows Movie Maker Video editing using Windows Movie Maker [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	18.98	20.68	20.00	19.11
[19] IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Writes 4K Writes Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	156.72	168.93	170.09	132.56
[28] Power Requirement at Maximum Write Throughput Streaming Writes Benchmark (Avg. Power [Watt]) Score in WattsGo	7.87	8.56	10.20	9.45
[04] Write Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Average) Score in MB/sGo	152.08	117.57	108.75	119.51
[15] PCMark 7 Adding music to Windows Media Player Adding music to Windows Media Player [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	1.26	1.31	1.23	1.24
[09] Interface Performance: h2benchw 3.16 Maximum Interface Bandwidth [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	410.20	375.20	225.90	406.50
[25] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Streaming Writes Streaming Writes Benchmark Pattern (Average throughput [MB/s]) Score in MB/sGo	183.23	147.53	137.17	152.62
[20] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Database Database Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	130.72	132.81	165.54	112.79
[32] Drive Surface Temperature Centigrade Ambient temperature 22°C Score in CentigradeGo	37.00	39.00	44.00	40.00
[17] PCMark 7 Gaming Gaming [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	6.43	6.83	6.34	6.33
[08] Write Access Time: h2benchw 3.16 Access Time [t in ms] ((including rotational latency)) Score in msGo	15.99	6.17	5.77	7.43
[22] IOMeter 2006.07.27 Web Server Web Server Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	108.56	112.64	135.04	93.62
[10] PCMark 7 System Storage System Storage (Score) Score in ScoreGo	2209.00	2414.00	2309.00	2289.00
[26] Power Requirement at Idle measured after 10 minutes system idle (Avg. Power [Watt]) Score in WattsGo	5.16	7.07	6.62	7.39
[01] Read Throughput Average: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Average) Score in MB/sGo	153.17	117.88	108.78	119.85
[18] IOMeter 2006.07.27 4K Random Reads 4K Random Reads Benchmark Pattern (Average I/O operations per second) Score in IO/sGo	117.43	125.76	157.60	102.58
[12] PCMark 7 Importing Pictures to Windows Photo Gallery Importing Pictures to Windows Photo Gallery [MB/s] Score in MB/sGo	8.67	9.99	8.97	9.80
[31] Performance per Watt Database at Database Operations ([Database I/Os per Watt]) Score in ScoreGo	15.57	13.98	14.44	14.91
[05] Write Throughput Maximum: h2benchw 3.16 Sequential Transfer Rates (Maximum) Score in MB/sGo	191.47	151.51	140.98	157.91