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Seagate ST500DM009

Barracuda 500GB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 83.6% (64th of 1015)

more Based on 3,379 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500DM009-2DM14C, ST500DM009-2F110A, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2F110, ST500DM0 09-2F110A, ST500DM0 09-2DM14C, ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM009-2F110
Poor: 27%Average: 83.6% Great: 115%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) averaged just 16.3% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 154MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) is 87.8%. 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 65.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.64MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,379 samples)
Rank 6483.6%
Min Avg Max
31.3 Read 154 206
24.8 Write 127 194
29 Mixed 65.6 82.6
49.6 SusWrite 138 202
88.4% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.64 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.45 2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
133% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 141 130 144 158 157 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 166
Write 157
Mixed 54
SusWrite 139
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
44GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 129 128 127 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 124
Write 124
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 129
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s
64% Good
Read 116
Write 62
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 107
65% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 97 48 105 107 103 MB/s
36.2% Below average
Read 45.5
Write 70.4
Mixed 40.9
SusWrite 80.8
44% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
70% 0.47 MB/s
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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 75%, 66,003 samples1,113x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 67%, 1,654 samples361x
Core i3-7100Intel  $132Bench 63%, 35,232 samples258x
GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 8%, 72,972 samples1,769x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 86,804 samples325x
HD 510 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 7,447 samples51x
SSD
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 72%, 5,214 samples117x
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 79%, 6,988 samples107x
X400 2.5 7MM 128GBSandiskBench 64%, 587 samples70x
RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,267 samples371x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 355 samples200x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 17,353 samples130x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $200

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