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ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 46.3% (368th of 1015)

more Based on 8,025 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500VT000-1DK142, ST500VT000-1BS142, ST500VT000-1BS14, ST500VT0 00-1BS142, ST500VT000-1BS142-160, ST500VT0 ST500VT000-1DK14, ST500VT0 00-1DK142, ST500VT000-1DK14
Poor: 16%Average: 46.3% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB averaged 53.6% 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 0.54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 82.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB is 46.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.83MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,025 samples)
Rank 36846.3%
Min Avg Max
22.2 Read 82.3 111
27.3 Write 82.6 109
18.5 Mixed 46.2 58.3
24.5 SusWrite 79.2 113
53.2% 72.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.43 0.5
0.5 4K Write 0.83 1.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.54 0.7
93.6% 0.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
464GB free
Firmware: 0001MBC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 112 112 112 112 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 109
Write 97.3
Mixed 58.4
SusWrite 112
69% 94.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.77 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 0001SDC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 110 111 110 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 100
Write 103
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 110
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
280GB free
Firmware: 0001MBC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 96 95 96 95 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 110
Write 110
Mixed 56.4
SusWrite 94.5
68% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: 0001MBC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 98 101 100 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 97.2
Write 95.4
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 99.3
64% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
297GB free
Firmware: 0001SDC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 97 96 95 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 88.8
Write 85.8
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 95.6
59% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 0001MBC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 76 92 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 77.6
Write 77.7
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 75
51% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
381GB free
Firmware: 0001SDC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 57 66 67 75 77 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 65.7
Write 71.4
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 69.4
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
81% 0.5 MB/s
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Latitude E7440

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples782x
Core i5-4310UIntelBench 49%, 14,648 samples682x
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples411x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples1,966x
GTX 780-TiNvidia  $410Bench 53%, 30,815 samples1x
HD Graphics FamilyIncredibleBench 3%, 12 samples1x
SSD
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples313x
LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GBLiteonitBench 73%, 4,013 samples64x
SM841N mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 75%, 851 samples49x
RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples120x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples76x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples72x
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