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Seagate

ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 68.8% (135th of 1015)

Based on 145,911 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LM049-2GH172, ST1000LM 049-2GH172, ST1000LM049-2GH1, ST1000LM ST1000LM049-2GH1
Poor: 32%Average: 68.8% Great: 95%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB averaged 31.2% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.32MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB is 63.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 145,911 samples)
Rank 13568.8%
Min Avg Max
45.5 Read 103 160
49.4 Write 126 170
40 Mixed 63.9 77.1
54.4 SusWrite 137 176
78.6% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.32 2.2
0.8 4K Write 1.54 2.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.6 0.9
150% 1.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
850GB free
Firmware: 1001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 169 167 169 167 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 168
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 168
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
201% 1.5 MB/s
752GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 156 170 159 172 161 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 126
Write 82.7
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 164
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1 MB/s
525GB free
Firmware: ACM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 173 164 161 157 MB/s
78.5% Very good
Read 107
Write 170
Mixed 54
SusWrite 167
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.1 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 152 156 152 152 153 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 86.5
Write 92.3
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 152
71% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
102% 0.83 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 136 136 133 134 133 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 86.7
Write 144
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 134
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
76% 0.67 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: RPM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 157 144 116 140 176 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 67.4
Write 82.5
Mixed 51.1
SusWrite 145
63% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
95% 0.83 MB/s
588GB free
Firmware: RXM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 85 84 86 85 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 111
Write 159
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 84.7
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.1 MB/s
771GB free
Firmware: RPM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 86 97 94 108 94 MB/s
46.9% Average
Read 69.7
Write 139
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 93.1
65% 89 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.7
163% 1.43 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: Acer Predator PH315-52

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples3,345x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples554x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,796x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples1,498x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples604x
SSD
KINGSTON RBUSNS8 256GBNvmeBench 103%, 4,910 samples358x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 3,211 samples338x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 3,501 samples302x
RAM
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples1,239x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples791x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples208x
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USA-User
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3 years ago.

JPN-User
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Excellent

4 years ago.

Not very bad for the price. But it's still as slow as one of the cheapest 1TB SSD below↓

giovanni1987
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Poor

4 years ago.

Not bad. My new Samsung 860 QVO for replaced!

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