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Seagate ST500LT012

Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 41.8% (467th of 1015)

more Based on 168,449 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500LT012-9WS142, ST500LT0 12-1DG142, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-9WS14, ST500LT012-9WS1, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-1DG1, ST500LT012-1DG142, ST500LT012-1DG14, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-1DG14, ST500LT0 ST500LT012-9WS1, ST500LT0 12-9WS142, ST500LT012-1DG1, ST500LT0 12-9WS14, ST500LT012-9WS14
Poor: 11%Average: 41.8% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB averaged 58.1% 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 0.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 76.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB is 50%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 168,449 samples)
Rank 46741.8%
Min Avg Max
9.36 Read 75 108
18.5 Write 76.7 106
12.9 Mixed 40 55.9
22.2 SusWrite 70.9 110
48.1% 65.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.4 4K Write 0.7 0.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 0.7
86.6% 0.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
397GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 106 103 106 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 100
Mixed 40
SusWrite 105
63% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
332GB free
Firmware: 0002LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 101 100 99 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 108
Write 101
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 99.5
66% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 85 86 86 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 105
Write 92.6
Mixed 44
SusWrite 86.4
60% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
310GB free
Firmware: 1003YAM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 99 98 99 99 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 92.1
Write 96.3
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 98
62% 85 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.53 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 97 97 99 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 86
Write 76.4
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 97.7
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
257GB free
Firmware: 1003YAM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 85 88 88 87 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 83.8
Write 85.9
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 80.9
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 55 55 56 55 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 82.3
Write 86.1
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 55.9
51% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
99% 0.57 MB/s
288GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1003YAM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 73 70 43 64 45 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 78.6
Write 75
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 56.2
47% 63.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.53 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 61 80 56 66 76 MB/s
28.4% Poor
Read 36.4
Write 63.7
Mixed 30.4
SusWrite 62.4
35% 48.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
51% 0.47 MB/s
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Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples661x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples345x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples306x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples1,538x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples270x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples105x
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HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples141x
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M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples61x
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USA-User
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4 years ago.

CAN-User
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Poor

3 years ago.

It is still a hard drive. Bad performance.

EGY-User
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Poor

4 years ago.

First time is very slow but then fast but also bad speed

postcd
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Good

4 years ago.

ST500LT012-1DG142 - 750 days of the runtime. 2777 start/stop cycles. No bad sectors. I am afraid i will die earlier than this drive.

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