Seagate ST500LT012

Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB

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Effective Speed -111%Effective Speed -111%Average Score -129%Read -107%, Write -88%, 4K Read -210%, 4K Write -207%, Mixed -106%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite -114%Peak Score -112%Read -85%, Write -77%, 4K Read -242%, 4K Write -179%, Mixed -76%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -79%Value & Sentiment -256%User Rating -19%, Market Share -878%, Price 174%, Value -302%Nice To Haves -9%Age -9%

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Average Bench: 41.8% (467^th of 1015)

Based on 168,449 user benchmarks. Models: ST500LT012-9WS142, ST500LT0 12-1DG142, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-9WS14, ST500LT012-9WS1, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-1DG1, ST500LT012-1DG142, ST500LT012-1DG14, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-1DG14, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-9WS1, ST500LT0 12-9WS142, ST500LT012-1DG1, ST500LT0 12-9WS14, ST500LT012-9WS14

Poor: 11%Average: 41.8% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB averaged 58.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 76.7MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB is 50%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 168,449 samples)

Rank 46741.8%

Min	Avg	Max
9.36	Read 75	108
18.5	Write 76.7	106
12.9	Mixed 40	55.9
22.2	SusWrite 70.9	110
48.1% 65.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.42	0.5
0.4	4K Write 0.7	0.9
0.2	4K Mixed 0.5	0.7
86.6% 0.54 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

PHL-User, 8 hrs ago.

344GB free

Firmware: 0001SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 57 103 90 103 103 MB/s

56.2% Above average

Write 97.1

Mixed 43.7

SusWrite 92.5

62% 84.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.7

107% 0.6 MB/s

POL-User, 2 hrs ago.

28GB free

Firmware: 0001SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 96 94 97 97 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 95

Mixed 57.2

SusWrite 96.1

63% 86.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 0.9

4K Mixed 0.6

104% 0.67 MB/s

ESP-User, 14 hrs ago.

53GB free

Firmware: 1003YAM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 94 80 54 55 MB/s

50% Average

Write 90

Mixed 51.9

SusWrite 77.7

58% 79.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.6

100% 0.6 MB/s

ITA-User, 15 hrs ago.

405GB free

Firmware: 0002SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 98 97 97 98 MB/s

49.8% Average

Write 79.9

Mixed 38.4

SusWrite 96.9

53% 73 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.5

85% 0.53 MB/s

VEN-User, 6 hrs ago.

242GB free

Firmware: 0001SYM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 83 83 83 83 MB/s

49.5% Average

Write 80.2

Mixed 53.7

SusWrite 82.2

56% 76.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.6

4K Mixed 0.5

83% 0.5 MB/s

ZAF-User, 16 hrs ago.

219GB free

Firmware: 0001SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 87 86 87 87 MB/s

46.9% Average

Write 65.4

Mixed 36.9

SusWrite 86.8

49% 66.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 0.6

4K Mixed 0.6

99% 0.57 MB/s

KEN-User, 16 hrs ago.

228GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0002LVM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 22 26 30 23 MB/s

7.04% Terrible

Write 10.7

Mixed 5.7

SusWrite 22.4

7% 10.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0.1

36% 0.23 MB/s

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	655x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples	304x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,520x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	105x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	45x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	28x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples	99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	60x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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USA-User

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9,840

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

CAN-User

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4,960

Poor

3 years ago.

It is still a hard drive. Bad performance.

EGY-User

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3,164

Poor

3 years ago.

First time is very slow but then fast but also bad speed

postcd

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8

Good

4 years ago.

ST500LT012-1DG142 - 750 days of the runtime. 2777 start/stop cycles. No bad sectors. I am afraid i will die earlier than this drive.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Seagate ST500LT012

Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB

Average Bench: 41.8% (467^th of 1015)

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