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Seagate ST500DM009

Barracuda 500GB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 84.3% (59th of 1015)

more Based on 2,885 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500DM009-2DM14C, ST500DM009-2F110A, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2F110, ST500DM0 09-2F110A, ST500DM0 09-2DM14C, ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM009-2F110
Poor: 31%Average: 84.3% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) averaged just 15.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 156MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) is 82.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.45MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,885 samples)
Rank 5984.3%
Min Avg Max
33 Read 156 204
22.8 Write 128 193
29.3 Mixed 65.7 83.2
53.9 SusWrite 139 200
89.1% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.65 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.45 2.1
0.4 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
134% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
46GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 136 137 147 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 183
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 138
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 151 151 153 152 MB/s
90.4% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 77.9
Mixed 64
SusWrite 150
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 147 159 159 149 153 MB/s
84.9% Excellent
Read 143
Write 20.7
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 154
65% 89.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,164,774 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $50 @ launch in Jul '16
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel  $200Bench 76%, 58,211 samples1,012x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 68%, 1,537 samples330x
Core i3-7100Intel  $130Bench 63%, 32,155 samples231x
GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 8%, 73,574 samples1,597x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 82,238 samples296x
HD 510 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 7,162 samples48x
SSD
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 71%, 5,052 samples108x
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 79%, 6,853 samples101x
X400 2.5 7MM 128GBSandiskBench 64%, 558 samples67x
RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,096 samples348x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 318 samples178x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 39%, 15,479 samples118x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $200

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