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ST980825AS 80GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 17.6% (989th of 1015)

Based on 142 user benchmarks.  Models: ST980825AS, ST980825 AS
Poor: 10%Average: 17.6% Great: 23%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate ST980825AS 80GB averaged 82.3% 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 0.43MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.47MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST980825AS 80GB is just 12.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST980825AS 80GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 26.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 30.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 142 samples)
Rank 98917.6%
Min Avg Max
12.9 Read 31.8 40.9
10 Write 30.8 40.2
12.3 Mixed 26.4 39
10.5 SusWrite 26.4 40
21.4% 28.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.47 0.61
0.2 4K Write 0.71 0.91
0.1 4K Mixed 0.43 0.7
80.5% 0.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
74GB free
Firmware: 8.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 157
Write 9.9
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 40.6
45% 61.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.77 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 8.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s
27.8% Poor
Read 58.8
Write 30.5
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 38
29% 39 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.77 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: 8.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s
27.4% Poor
Read 56.6
Write 32.6
Mixed 29
SusWrite 38.6
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.73 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 3.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 38 38 38 MB/s
21.7% Poor
Read 37.1
Write 37.5
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 38.3
26% 35.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.73 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 8.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s
17% Very poor
Read 29.9
Write 29.9
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 29.1
21% 28 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.63 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 15 16 19 17 19 MB/s
8.48% Terrible
Read 12.2
Write 21.5
Mixed 16.8
SusWrite 17.3
13% 17 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,944,870 HDDs tested

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Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD  $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples51x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples47x
FX-6100AMD  $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples28x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples28x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $90Bench 17%, 309,423 samples13x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples13x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
Sata III 128GBIntensoBench 67%, 2,059 samples7x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples6x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples153x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples39x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $335

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