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ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 44% (429th of 1015)

Based on 13,141 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB, ST500LM0 00-SSHD-8GB
Poor: 14%Average: 44% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB averaged 55.9% 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 1.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.84MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 75.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,141 samples)
Rank 42944%
Min Avg Max
14.8 Read 75.9 112
23.5 Write 81.7 114
18.5 Mixed 46.5 67.4
26 SusWrite 76.3 110
51.5% 70.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.16 2
0.6 4K Write 3.84 5.4
0.2 4K Mixed 1.44 2.3
280% 2.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free
Firmware: LIV9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 89 98 92 98 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 105
Write 83.1
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 96.2
62% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 2
361% 2.67 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: LVD3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 103 106 103 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 73.2
Write 69.4
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 104
54% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 4.4
720% 4.17 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: LIV6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 75 74 MB/s
48% Average
Read 91.2
Write 59.7
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 74.4
53% 72.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 2.5
460% 3.2 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LVD3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 75 70 79 88 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 47
Write 82.2
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 79.7
42% 58 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.4
266% 2 MB/s
441GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LVD3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 36 36 38 30 60 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 52
Write 93.7
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 37.1
37% 51.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1
232% 2.27 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LVD3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 16 12 16 16 13 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 50.5
Write 9.5
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 15.7
17% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.3
88% 0.53 MB/s
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LVD4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 12 14 10 7.9 8.9 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 51.8
Write 14.9
Mixed 16.2
SusWrite 9.9
17% 23.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
35% 0.17 MB/s
340GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LVD4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 43 29 28 69 61 MB/s
15% Very poor
Read 9
Write 20.5
Mixed 43.4
SusWrite 43.2
22% 29 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0
20% 0.23 MB/s
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Typical ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB Builds (Compare 1,799 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20351

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples477x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples360x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples336x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples1,621x
Iris Pro HD 5100 (Mobile 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 4,565 samples67x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples59x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples69x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples36x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples36x
RAM
RMT3170EF68F9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 28%, 4,466 samples195x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples98x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples94x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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5 years ago.

It was great at the time (2014), but doesn't even compare to any SSD now.

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Excellent

14 months ago.

Very good for that years

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