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ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 36.4% (566th of 1015)

Based on 295 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LM002-9VQ14L, ST1000LM002-9VQ1, ST1000LM 002-9VQ14L
Poor: 23%Average: 36.4% Great: 48%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB averaged 63.5% 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 0.38MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.48MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB is 24.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 295 samples)
Rank 56636.4%
Min Avg Max
32.5 Read 64.1 86.6
27.7 Write 63.4 86
16 Mixed 39.2 75.9
34.5 SusWrite 64.3 84.5
42.4% 57.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.48 0.6
0.25 4K Write 0.54 0.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.38 0.7
72.5% 0.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
404GB free
Firmware: CC96
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 75 72 74 79 72 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 63.7
Write 70.7
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 73.2
43% 58.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 0.43 MB/s
135GB free
Firmware: CC94
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 50 46 47 51 MB/s
28.3% Poor
Read 51
Write 33.7
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 47.6
28% 38.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.57 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: CC96
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 48 48 47 49 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 47.4
Write 48.4
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 47.1
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.47 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: CC94
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 47 48 50 47 48 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 41.8
Write 50.2
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 46.8
29% 40.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
73% 0.43 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: CC96
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 41 42 42 MB/s
23.9% Poor
Read 42.5
Write 53.2
Mixed 18.6
SusWrite 40.6
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
66% 0.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,324,138 HDDs tested

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Typical ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB Builds (Compare 3,181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B365M MORTAR(MS-7C67)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples875x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples332x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples239x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples263x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples238x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples197x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples117x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples91x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples81x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples132x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $399

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