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ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 31.9% (671st of 1015)

Based on 400 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN
Poor: 19%Average: 31.9% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN 160GB averaged 68.0% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN 160GB is 21.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3160812AS 41N3268 LEN 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 48.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 400 samples)
Rank 67131.9%
Min Avg Max
34.5 Read 58.5 71.3
19.5 Write 48.1 69.9
19.4 Mixed 41.6 64
21.8 SusWrite 50.3 70.9
36.7% 49.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.57 0.7
0.4 4K Write 1.13 1.5
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.9
114% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 75.1
Write 30.2
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 65.9
40% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.93 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 69 69 70 70 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 69.7
Write 26.4
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 68.2
38% 51 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.8 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: 3.AAH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 51 52 52 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 74.1
Write 24.1
Mixed 45
SusWrite 51.1
36% 48.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 78.7
Write 32.5
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 41.7
37% 49.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 49 49 49 49 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 67.3
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 49.1
43% 58.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 3.AAH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 49 49 52 51 48 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 51.1
Write 51.7
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 48
35% 47.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
11GB free
Firmware: 3.AAH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 35 34 33 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 38.5
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 34.5
29% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation 54%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B365M-A

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Core i5-9400FIntel  $83Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,737x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $110Bench 80%, 34,310 samples507x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $130Bench 93%, 321,194 samples437x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples385x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples374x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples288x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples220x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples140x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 275%, 495,311 samples113x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $66Bench 82%, 134,977 samples254x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples129x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples118x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $392

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