Seagate ST500DM009

Barracuda 500GB (2016)

▲ Barracuda 500GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (15,931)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -9%Effective Speed -9%Average Score -32%Read -6%, Write -19%, 4K Read -100%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite -13%Peak Score -23%Read 2%, Write 1%, 4K Read -114%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment -589%User Rating -15%, Market Share -2,331%, Price 128%, Value -139%Nice To Haves +27% Age 27%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 80.5% (78^th of 1015)

Based on 15,931 user benchmarks. Models: ST500DM009-2DM14C, ST500DM009-2F110A, ST500DM0 09-2F110A, ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM009-2F110, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2DM14, ST500DM009-2EP102, ST500DM0 ST500DM009-2F110, ST500DM009-ZF110A, ST500DM0 09-2DM14C, ST500DM009--1BD142, ST500DM009-2F11A, ST500DM0 09, ST500DM009-1BD142

Poor: 29%Average: 80.5% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) averaged just 19.4% 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 147MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016) is 85.3%. 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 66.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.65MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,931 samples)

Rank 7880.5%

Min	Avg	Max
41.8	Read 147	203
31.4	Write 121	189
30.1	Mixed 66.4	83.7
43.5	SusWrite 134	202
85.6% 117 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.65	0.8
0.8	4K Write 1.49	2.1
0.32	4K Mixed 0.72	0.9
134% 0.95 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CHN-User, 9 hrs ago.

435GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 210 208 198 200 204 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 200

Mixed 70.2

SusWrite 205

121% 167 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.9

157% 1.03 MB/s

CAN-User, 31 mins ago.

464GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 195 192 196 184 197 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 93.2

Mixed 72.4

SusWrite 188

99% 135 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.8

148% 1.03 MB/s

RUS-User, 8 hrs ago.

421GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 190 190 192 190 192 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 92.7

Mixed 75.6

SusWrite 190

98% 134 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.8

150% 1.07 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

418GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 148 123 169 165 180 MB/s

92% Outstanding

Write 122

Mixed 71.5

SusWrite 148

94% 129 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.7

135% 0.97 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

341GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 39 32 27 29 MB/s

12.8% Very poor

Write 19.9

Mixed 11.9

SusWrite 33.7

14% 19 MB/s

4K Read 0.2

4K Write 0.8

4K Mixed 0.2

45% 0.4 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 70%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $196Bench 75%, 156,992 samples	1,713x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 69%, 4,770 samples	570x
Core i3-7100Intel $135Bench 66%, 83,893 samples	526x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 150,191 samples	2,666x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 186,273 samples	725x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 178,461 samples	155x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,276 samples	127x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 72%, 15,884 samples	87x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 19,409 samples	82x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,167 samples	438x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 954 samples	213x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 42,374 samples	179x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $196

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Versatile, fast, dependable. The fiercest drive you've ever met...

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Excellent

21 months ago.

Its a very good hdd for normal use

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Average

3 years ago.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $275	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $470	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $325	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $449	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Seagate ST500DM009

Barracuda 500GB (2016)

Average Bench: 80.5% (78^th of 1015)

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Seagate ST500DM009

Barracuda 500GB (2016)

Average Bench: 80.5% (78th of 1015)

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Terrible consistency

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