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Seagate

ST3500630SV 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 36.1% (569th of 1015)

Based on 223 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500630SV, ST350063 0SV, ST350063 ST3500630SV
Poor: 23%Average: 36.1% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500630SV 500GB averaged 63.9% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.59MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500630SV 500GB is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500630SV 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 60.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 223 samples)
Rank 56936.1%
Min Avg Max
37.5 Read 64.3 77
37.2 Write 62.7 76.8
22 Mixed 46.4 69.4
25.1 SusWrite 60.8 77.1
43.2% 58.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.59 0.7
0.5 4K Write 1.1 1.33
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.9
114% 0.77 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
453GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 77 77 77 77 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 77.7
Write 75.1
Mixed 52.6
SusWrite 76.5
52% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
461GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 75 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 73.5
Write 75.6
Mixed 51.6
SusWrite 75.6
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 74 76 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 55
Write 55.4
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 74.6
41% 56.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 57 57 58 57 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 71.1
Write 73.4
Mixed 51.4
SusWrite 57.3
47% 63.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.93 MB/s
41GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 69 55 55 64 67 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 64.1
Write 66
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 61.1
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
283GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 60 59 61 MB/s
35.2% Below average
Read 61.8
Write 61.1
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 60.6
42% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 0.9 MB/s
194GB free
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 58 59 58 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 62.7
Write 64
Mixed 45.2
SusWrite 58.2
42% 57.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
335GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ACH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 58 55 55 53 58 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 61.9
Write 61.5
Mixed 42.1
SusWrite 54
40% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: Apple MacPro1,1

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon 51501stBench 40%, 627 samples21x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples12x
CPU: Intel Xeon X53551stBench 42%, 426 samples8x
GPU
GeForce 7300 GTNvidiaBench 0%, 1,554 samples8x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples7x
GTX 780Nvidia  $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples3x
SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 500GBWDBench 85%, 3,744 samples4x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples4x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung  $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples2x
RAM
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples8x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples7x
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples6x
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