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SeagateST1000LM014
SeagateST500DM009

Release date: Q1 2013.

Release date: Q3 2016.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 80,652 user samples
64,201 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 19% 222GB free (System drive)
Poor: 19% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 328th / 1015
16,451 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 114% 452GB free
Worst Bench: 35% 382GB free (System drive)
Poor: 35% Great: 114%
SPEED RANK: 72nd / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
48.5 % 80.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+67%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
83.8 MB/s 147 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+75%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
83.7 MB/s 118 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+41%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
1.23 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+89%
0.65 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
4.06 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+172%
1.49 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
51.7 MB/s 66.6 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+29%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1.57 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+115%
0.73 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
83.9 MB/s 136 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+62%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
114 MB/s 203 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+78%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
114 MB/s 188 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+65%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
2 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+150%
0.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
5.4 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+170%
2 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
67.4 MB/s 83.7 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+24%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
2.3 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+156%
0.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
113 MB/s 201 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+78%
Market Share
Based on 53,961,714 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.15 % Higher market share.
+15%
0.13 %
Value
Value For Money
24.2 % 28.9 % Better value.
+19%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % +2% 52 %
Price
Price (score)
$40 $28 Cheaper.
+30%
Age
Newest
140 Months 100 Months More recent.
+29%
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 500GB

The Laptop (9.5mm) SSHD from Seagate has a 64MB Cache and like its younger sibling (Laptop Thin) comes equipped with 8GB of MLC NAND Flash. Apart from capacity and dimensions the specs for the two siblings are identical. At less than a year old the Laptop SSHD is relatively new, but like its smaller sibling its performance is unbalanced and favours small file IO. With average sequential speeds of 95 MB/s the Laptop SSHD lags the group leaders by over 50% at sequential IO. Small file 4K performance averages around 2 MB/s which is far better. Overall the Seagate Laptop SSHDs performance profile is skewed strongly towards small file IO. This, the 9.5mm 1TB version does represent better value for money than its smaller capacity 500GB sibling but neither of the drives are particularly strong sequential performers. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

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