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Seagate

ST9500323CS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 29.4% (748th of 1015)

Based on 144 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9500323CS, ST950032 ST9500323CS, ST950032 3CS
Poor: 12%Average: 29.4% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST9500323CS 500GB averaged 70.5% 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 0.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.37MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9500323CS 500GB is 28.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9500323CS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 48.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 144 samples)
Rank 74829.4%
Min Avg Max
6.4 Read 48.6 69.9
15.6 Write 57.4 74.8
11.1 Mixed 35.9 59.1
13 SusWrite 51.9 75.6
35.7% 48.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.05 4K Read 0.37 0.5
0.21 4K Write 0.76 1.08
0.06 4K Mixed 0.4 0.6
74.4% 0.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
316GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 73 73 73 72 MB/s
38.6% Below average
Read 62.4
Write 74.1
Mixed 39.4
SusWrite 72.1
46% 62 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
83% 0.5 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 67 66 66 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 67.3
Write 73.7
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 66.3
46% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
422GB free
Firmware: SC16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 72 74 74 73 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 60.8
Write 69.4
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 72.8
45% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
87% 0.57 MB/s
422GB free
Firmware: SC16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 74 73 70 73 MB/s
36.2% Below average
Read 54.4
Write 74
Mixed 41.6
SusWrite 71.8
44% 60.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 61 61 61 MB/s
30.8% Below average
Read 46.2
Write 56.4
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 61
37% 50.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
63% 0.47 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 49 58 57 52 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 54.9
Write 47.3
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 51.9
35% 47.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
218GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 57 56 57 52 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 42.8
Write 55.2
Mixed 37.5
SusWrite 55.5
35% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.5 MB/s
324GB free
Firmware: SC18
SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s
17.4% Very poor
Read 19.1
Write 64.5
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 41.5
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
85% 0.53 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 18 13 11 18 14 MB/s
4.39% Terrible
Read 0.8
Write 9.7
Mixed 31.6
SusWrite 14.4
11% 14.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
27% 0.2 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF H310-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples94x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples88x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples39x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples31x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples23x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples29x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples13x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $263

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