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ST1000VM 002-1CT162 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 68.3% (139th of 1015)

Based on 576 user benchmarks.  Model: ST1000VM 002-1CT162
Poor: 26%Average: 68.3% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST1000VM 002-1CT162 1TB averaged 31.7% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 122MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000VM 002-1CT162 1TB is 67.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000VM 002-1CT162 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 576 samples)
Rank 13968.3%
Min Avg Max
38.7 Read 122 170
47.2 Write 122 165
25.3 Mixed 68.7 131
25 SusWrite 114 165
78.3% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.68 0.9
0.5 4K Write 1.02 1.3
0.12 4K Mixed 0.58 0.9
111% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
674GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 153 157 160 154 MB/s
97.6% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 176
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 156
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.03 MB/s
783GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 160 162 163 165 162 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 159
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 163
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.93 MB/s
555GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 150 145 148 150 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 133
Write 148
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 148
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
856GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 88 89 89 89 91 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 141
Write 151
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 90.1
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
788GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 116 116 130 146 159 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 78.8
Write 104
Mixed 46
SusWrite 126
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
128% 0.8 MB/s
253GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 122 112 121 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 74.7
Write 94.4
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 119
64% 86.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.87 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 0105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 57 56 54 56 MB/s
46.9% Average
Read 107
Write 107
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 56.5
62% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.83 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: 9128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
17.3% Very poor
Read 37.6
Write 40.4
Mixed 32
SusWrite 22.2
25% 33 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 0.93 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,326,366 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware 17 R2

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples205x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples200x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples99x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples251x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples88x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples80x
SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples35x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples21x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples20x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples130x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples61x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples32x
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