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Seagate ST1500DL003

Barracuda Green 1.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 53.4% (268th of 1015)

Based on 20,479 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1500DL003-9VT16L, ST1500DL003-9VT1, ST1500DL ST1500DL003-9VT1, Seagate ST1500DL003-9VT1, ST1500DL 003-9VT16L
Poor: 33%Average: 53.4% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB averaged 46.6% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.64MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB is 36.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 54.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.11MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,479 samples)
Rank 26853.4%
Min Avg Max
51.1 Read 91.8 122
55.8 Write 94.2 125
29.5 Mixed 54.9 67
53.7 SusWrite 94.2 125
61.5% 83.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.64 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.11 1.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
125% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
509GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 108
Write 108
Mixed 62
SusWrite 91.6
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.83 MB/s
225GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 70 73 71 72 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 120
Write 124
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 71.3
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 150
Write 33.3
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 35
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.67 MB/s
417GB free
Firmware: CC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 69 69 67 69 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 109
Write 104
Mixed 56.4
SusWrite 67.6
62% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
386GB free
Firmware: CC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 65 67 66 66 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 89.1
Write 95
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 66.8
56% 76.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.73 MB/s
303GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 87 88 88 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 62.1
Write 62.4
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 88.3
48% 65.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
116% 0.67 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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System: Medionpc MS-7728

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples236x
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples165x
Core i3-2120Intel  $170Bench 51%, 77,810 samples29x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples77x
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples60x
GTX 560Nvidia  $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples37x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples23x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples22x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples14x
RAM
M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG 8GBNanyaBench 49%, 792 samples58x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4GBSamsungBench 45%, 800 samples52x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 49%, 768 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $279

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