Seagate ST31000524AS

Barracuda 7200.12 1TB

▲ Barracuda 7200.12 1TB
BENCHMARKS (197,670)
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Superseded by the Barracuda 7200.14 1TB »

Release date: Q1 2011.

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Effective Speed -65%Effective Speed -65%Average User Bench -52%Read -65%, Write -60%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -57%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -66%Peak Lab Bench -51%Read -65%, Write -58%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -62%Value & Sentiment -86%User Rating -55%, Market Share -163%, Price 53%, Value -179%Nice To Haves -78%Age -78%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 53.8% (272^nd of 1015)

Based on 197,670 user benchmarks. Models: ST31000524AS, ST31000528AS, ST310005 24AS, ST310005 ST31000528AS, ST310005 ST31000524AS, Seagate ST31000528AS

The 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 was superseded by the Barracuda 7200.14 just ten months after the 7200.12's release. Looking at a comparison between the 7200.12 vs 7200.14 shows that the more recent 7200.14 was a huge improvement over the 7200.12. The 7200.12 has average sequential read/write speeds of 97/91 vs 161/155 MB/s on the newer 7200.14. Additionally the small file 4K read/write speeds of 0.62/1.32 are improved upon by over 25% on the newer version. Overall there is no contest between the two drives and considering that they are similarly priced, the newer 7200.14 is the clear winner. The 7200.12 has an effective speed of just 88.4 MB/s which is a whopping 54% below the average of the group leaders. ^{[Mar '14 HDrivePro]}

Poor: 29%Average: 53.8% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB averaged 46.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB is 40.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 91.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 197,670 samples)

Rank 27253.8%

Min	Avg	Max
41.8	Read 96.3	122
44.7	Write 91.5	120
34.9	Mixed 57.9	69.2
46.9	SusWrite 91.3	121
61.9% 84.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.74	0.9
0.8	4K Write 1.37	1.8
0.4	4K Mixed 0.88	1
154% 1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 59 mins ago.

925GB free

Firmware: JC4B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 119 118 120 118 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 112

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 118

76% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 1

178% 1.17 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 min ago.

931GB free

Firmware: JC4B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 114 117 113 MB/s

64% Good

Write 104

Mixed 66.8

SusWrite 112

72% 98.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.9

165% 1.13 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 mins ago.

531GB free

Firmware: HP64

SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 63 65 63 61 61 MB/s

46.9% Average

Write 50.5

Mixed 55.5

SusWrite 52.2

50% 67.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 1

174% 1.13 MB/s

JPN-User, 27 mins ago.

448GB free

Firmware: JC4B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 85 97 94 90 MB/s

45.6% Average

Write 55

Mixed 42.2

SusWrite 92.2

47% 64 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.9

153% 1 MB/s

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 22%

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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $236Bench 58%, 87,070 samples	2,478x
Core i7-3770Intel $198Bench 65%, 136,672 samples	2,471x
Core i5-2400Intel $78Bench 54%, 83,696 samples	1,757x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 458,990 samples	2,085x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 79,441 samples	1,888x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $240Bench 57%, 719,672 samples	1,437x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 529,683 samples	1,123x
A400 120GBKingston $22Bench 59%, 57,356 samples	750x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples	730x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 261,738 samples	2,139x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 114,860 samples	1,489x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 85,787 samples	700x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $467

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HDrivePro

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Performance and reliability for everyone...

Added 5 years ago.

USA-User

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

9 months ago.

GBR-User

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Excellent

9 months ago.

für den Gebrauch zum Daten sichern recht gut

HDrivePro

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Terrible

5 years ago.

RJM999

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Outstanding

2 years ago.

This hard drive works and perfroms outstandingly. It is nice to have 1TB of storage at a low price like this. I highly recommend this hard drive to anyone, gaming or workspace.

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Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $609	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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Seagate ST31000524AS

Barracuda 7200.12 1TB

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Barracuda 7200.12 1TB

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