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ST31000520AS 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49.8% (306th of 1015)

Based on 11,608 user benchmarks.  Models: ST31000520AS, ST310005 20AS, ST310005 ST31000520AS
Poor: 31%Average: 49.8% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB averaged 50.1% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB is 30.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,608 samples)
Rank 30649.8%
Min Avg Max
54.9 Read 87.2 110
52.2 Write 86.1 110
37.2 Mixed 51 62.6
47.1 SusWrite 86.3 110
57% 77.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.7 0.8
0.8 4K Write 1.29 1.7
0.6 4K Mixed 0.85 1
147% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 104 105 101 103 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 110
Write 98.8
Mixed 61.2
SusWrite 102
68% 93.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 97 102 101 100 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 98.2
Write 92.8
Mixed 53
SusWrite 99.6
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
800GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 102 100 99 100 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 95.3
Write 100
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 99.8
64% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
510GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 97 98 96 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 95.1
Write 97.2
Mixed 54.6
SusWrite 96.9
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
672GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 95 92 94 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 90.9
Write 78.7
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 94.6
58% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 56 59 59 58 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 107
Write 87.3
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 57.7
57% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
130GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 77 77 78 75 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 82.1
Write 84.2
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 76.9
54% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,010x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,948x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,315x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples888x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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