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ST3120213AS 120GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 24.9% (865th of 1014)

Based on 709 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3120213AS, ST312021 3A, ST312021 ST3120213AS, ST312021 3AS
Poor: 10%Average: 24.9% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB averaged 75.1% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.55MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB is 23.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 23.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 26.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 709 samples)
Rank 86524.9%
Min Avg Max
13.6 Read 45.7 58.2
8.5 Write 23.9 53
12.2 Mixed 26.3 37.5
13.5 SusWrite 40.5 58.5
25.2% 34.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.55 0.7
0.3 4K Write 1.11 1.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
124% 0.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
62GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 53 54 54 54 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 210
Write 10
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 53.1
55% 75.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 0.93 MB/s
82GB free
Firmware: 3.AHL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 44 55 56 55 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 208
Write 11.7
Mixed 40
SusWrite 53.5
57% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 0.97 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: 3.AHL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 50 57 57 49 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 207
Write 10.9
Mixed 38
SusWrite 53.7
56% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 0.9 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 3.AHL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 52 48 52 49 53 MB/s
29.9% Poor
Read 55.8
Write 56.2
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 48
36% 49.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AHL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 37 31 29 33 40 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 54.3
Write 38.4
Mixed 31
SusWrite 30.9
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.77 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AHH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 26 28 30 33 40 MB/s
24% Poor
Read 54.3
Write 53
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 29
31% 41.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 35%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Compaq-presario GC668AA-ABA SR5110NX

CPU
Athlon 64 3800+AMDBench 33%, 291 samples3x
GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples2x
GeForce 7300 LENvidiaBench 0%, 202 samples1x
SSD
Sol id State Dis 128GBSpccBench 48%, 6 samples1x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples3x
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