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Seagate

ST1500DM003-9YN1 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 73.3% (115th of 1015)

Based on 309 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN1
Poor: 28%Average: 73.3% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN1 1.5TB averaged 26.7% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN1 1.5TB is 69%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN1 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.15MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 95MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 309 samples)
Rank 11573.3%
Min Avg Max
39.5 Read 133 175
34.1 Write 126 169
30 Mixed 95 159
34.1 SusWrite 113 170
86.3% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.72 1
0.36 4K Write 1.15 1.6
0.11 4K Mixed 0.47 0.9
104% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 141 141 150 152 101 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 166
Write 173
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 133
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 78 130 151 162 142 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 161
Write 174
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 127
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.1 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 100 120 83 147 130 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 154
Write 179
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 116
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
794GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 50 94 78 88 120 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 160
Write 43.7
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 77.5
67% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 0.97 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 50 135 137 129 152 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 110
Write 112
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 112
72% 97.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 72 66 76 86 83 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 134
Write 124
Mixed 66.1
SusWrite 73.1
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 0.97 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 66 64 67 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 23.6
Write 32.1
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 60.3
30% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
47% 0.47 MB/s
902GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 9.1 17 14 MB/s
9.37% Terrible
Read 17.6
Write 31.6
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 15
17% 22.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
38% 0.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,325,543 HDDs tested

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Typical ST1500DM003-9YN1 1.5TB Builds (Compare 31 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP h8-1534

CPU
FX-6200 Six-CoreAMD  $40Bench 58%, 5,908 samples20x
FX-6350 Six-CoreAMD  $100Bench 59%, 29,222 samples7x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples2x
GPU
Radeon HD 7570AMDBench 5%, 12,360 samples9x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples3x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples2x
SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung  $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples2x
870 EVO 500G 500GBSamsungBench 88%, 499 samples2x
RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Ramaxel RMR5030MM58E8F1600 NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 10GBNanyaBench 40%, 68 samples6x
RMR5040MM58F9F1600 RMR5030ED58E8W1600 RMR5040MM58F9F1600 10GBRamaxelBench 38%, 22 samples2x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 10GBMicronBench 43%, 21 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $71

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