Seagate

ST3250312AS 250GB

ST3250312AS 250GB
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Effective Speed -78%Effective Speed -78%Average Score -62%Read -75%, Write -70%, 4K Read -124%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -81%Peak Score -57%Read -65%, Write -55%, 4K Read -144%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -59%Value & Sentiment -2,804%User Rating -19%, Market Share -10,733%, Price 157%, Value -619%Nice To Haves -9%Age -9%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 49.5% (311^th of 1015)

Based on 19,180 user benchmarks. Models: ST3250312AS, ST325031 ST3250312AS, ST325031 2AS

Poor: 15%Average: 49.5% Great: 69%

Popular builds with this HDD

Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB averaged 50.5% 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 0.84MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.68MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 83.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19,180 samples)

Rank 31149.5%

Min	Avg	Max
12.1	Read 88.7	121
16.7	Write 84.6	121
17.6	Mixed 53.3	66.3
21.4	SusWrite 83.6	124
57% 77.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.58	0.7
0.9	4K Write 1.68	2
0.3	4K Mixed 0.84	1
148% 1.03 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 21 hrs ago.

193GB free

Firmware: JC47

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 118 118 117 MB/s

65.4% Good

Write 114

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 118

75% 102 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

158% 1.1 MB/s

EGY-User, 5 days ago.

50GB free

Firmware: JC66

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 108 111 112 110 111 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 108

Mixed 62.3

SusWrite 111

72% 97.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

164% 1.17 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

117GB free

Firmware: JC47

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 115 113 113 116 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 97.4

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 115

70% 95.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.13 MB/s

PAK-User, 3 days ago.

78GB free

Firmware: JC47

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 106 105 103 102 MB/s

61.6% Good

Write 107

Mixed 61.8

SusWrite 105

70% 95.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 1

169% 1.13 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 days ago.

513GB free

Firmware: HP64

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 87 87 88 MB/s

58.4% Above average

Write 42.8

Mixed 66

SusWrite 86.5

58% 78.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.8

147% 1.07 MB/s

FIN-User, 6 days ago.

125GB free

Firmware: JC65

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 113 112 115 116 115 MB/s

57.7% Above average

Write 79.1

Mixed 53.1

SusWrite 113

61% 83.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

168% 1.1 MB/s

PAK-User, 7 days ago.

194GB free

Firmware: JC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 83 81 82 80 MB/s

46.4% Average

Write 76.5

Mixed 50.5

SusWrite 81.2

53% 72.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.2 MB/s

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Typical ST3250312AS 250GB Builds (Compare 5,333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,193x
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,323x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	565x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	447x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	202x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	84x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

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Its the worst thing. Its almost always on 100% when i open the smallest thing like calculator. It takes around 8-15 min to turn up my computer.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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ST3250312AS 250GB

Average Bench: 49.5% (311^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 49.5% (311^th of 1015)