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ST9500320AS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 34.5% (606th of 1015)

Based on 173 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9500320AS, ST950032 0AS
Poor: 17%Average: 34.5% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST9500320AS 500GB averaged 65.4% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.44MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9500320AS 500GB is 27.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9500320AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 58.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 173 samples)
Rank 60634.5%
Min Avg Max
23.1 Read 61.5 78.8
29.4 Write 59.3 77.1
17.7 Mixed 40.3 69.4
21.4 SusWrite 58.2 77.9
40.3% 54.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.19 4K Read 0.44 0.5
0.6 4K Write 0.84 1
0.22 4K Mixed 0.51 0.7
90.9% 0.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 0002BSM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 77 78 78 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 74.1
Write 75
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 77.3
49% 66.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0002BSM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 77 78 78 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 69.5
Write 65
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 77.4
47% 63.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.67 MB/s
366GB free
Firmware: 0002BSM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 76 75 75 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 72.1
Write 72.2
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 74.7
48% 65.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 0002BSM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 61 60 60 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 69.1
Write 65.1
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 60.2
42% 57 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.67 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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System: Alienware X51

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples365x
Core i7-2600Intel  $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples88x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples47x
GPU
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples53x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples15x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples41x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 54%, 4,484 samples27x
M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 379 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $567

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