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ST3250310AS 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42% (463rd of 1015)

Based on 34,705 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3250310AS, ST325031 ST3250310AS, ST325031 0AS
Poor: 20%Average: 42% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB averaged 58.0% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 60.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,705 samples)
Rank 46342%
Min Avg Max
28.4 Read 75 95.5
20.5 Write 60.4 96
22.9 Mixed 42.9 50
27.9 SusWrite 71.1 97.3
45.8% 62.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.63 0.7
0.6 4K Write 1.1 1.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
133% 0.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
100GB free
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 63 64 64 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 117
Write 21.8
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 62.4
46% 62.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
6GB free
Firmware: 3.ADA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 90 91 91 91 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 89.2
Write 84.9
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 89.2
57% 77.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 87 88 89 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 87.5
Write 53
Mixed 46.8
SusWrite 87.6
50% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 86 87 86 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 86.5
Write 84.2
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 85.6
56% 75.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 3.AHB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 89 87 88 87 MB/s
49.3% Average
Read 83.1
Write 85.8
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 88.6
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: 4.ADA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 62 61 59 MB/s
37.7% Below average
Read 69.1
Write 75.6
Mixed 44.7
SusWrite 62.1
46% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: 3.ADA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 69
Write 67.4
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 61
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: Hp-pavilion WC963AA-ABF p6355fr

CPU
Core i5 650Intel  $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples17x
Core i3 530Intel  $45Bench 46%, 16,724 samples5x
Core i7 870Intel  $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples2x
GPU
GTX 580Nvidia  $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples10x
GTX 670Nvidia  $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples5x
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples1x
SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples14x
S400 120GBKingdianBench 66%, 1,721 samples2x
X300s SATA 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 177 samples1x
RAM
99U5458-001.A00LF 2x2GBUnknownBench 28%, 7 samples2x
Atermiter01.A02LF AD80AD80 HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 4GBUnknownBench 31%, 3 samples2x
M378B5673EH1-CH9 4x2GBCE80CE80Bench 39%, 417 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 19% - Very poor Total price: $520

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