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SeagateST250DM000
  

Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 32,501 user samples
10 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 63% 13GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 20% 149GB free
Poor: 20% Great: 63%
SPEED RANK: 332nd / 1015
32,491 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 74% 194GB free
Worst Bench: 18% 17GB free (System drive)
Poor: 18% Great: 74%
SPEED RANK: 254th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
48.4 % 54.3 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
93.1 MB/s 97.3 MB/s +5%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
60.3 MB/s 94.6 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+57%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
2.78 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+363%
0.6 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
2.43 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+109%
1.16 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
69.5 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+31%
53.2 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
2.02 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+185%
0.71 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
86.6 MB/s 92 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+6%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
205 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+59%
129 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
112 MB/s 129 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+15%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
5.8 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+729%
0.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
6.1 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+259%
1.7 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
127 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+92%
66.2 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
4.5 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+400%
0.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
168 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+26%
133 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 53,904,126 HDDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 50 %
Age
Newest
86+ Months Much more recent.
+33%
129+ Months
Capacity
Capacity
172GB 250GB

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