Seagate ST3500413AS

Barracuda 7200.12 500GB

Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
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Effective Speed -62%Effective Speed -62%Average Score -48%Read -62%, Write -55%, 4K Read -97%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite -62%Peak Score -49%Read -62%, Write -53%, 4K Read -114%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment -318%User Rating -19%, Market Share -1,182%, Price 155%, Value -226%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 54.5% (254^th of 1015)

Based on 107,978 user benchmarks. Models: ST3500413AS, ST350041 ST3500413AS, ST350041 3AS

Poor: 28%Average: 54.5% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB averaged 45.5% 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 0.92MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.74MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB is 42.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 92.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 107,978 samples)

Rank 25454.5%

Min	Avg	Max
45.5	Read 96	123
29.9	Write 92.9	123
35.1	Mixed 58.5	70.4
36.9	SusWrite 93.6	126
62.6% 85.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.66	0.8
1.04	4K Write 1.74	2.05
0.5	4K Mixed 0.92	1.1
162% 1.11 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 1 day ago.

465GB free

Firmware: JC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 130 129 128 MB/s

70.5% Very good

Write 118

Mixed 68.6

SusWrite 129

79% 108 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1

177% 1.23 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

270GB free

Firmware: JC47

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 101 101 102 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 129

Mixed 70.7

SusWrite 101

79% 107 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1.1

187% 1.23 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

301GB free

Firmware: JC4B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 112 110 112 111 MB/s

65% Good

Write 106

Mixed 65.2

SusWrite 112

73% 99.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.2 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

391GB free

Firmware: HP61

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 113 113 115 114 MB/s

64.3% Good

Write 110

Mixed 60.5

SusWrite 113

72% 98.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

171% 1.17 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

301GB free

Firmware: JC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 95 94 94 94 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 122

Mixed 63.8

SusWrite 96.1

74% 101 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.2 MB/s

PAK-User, 1 day ago.

233GB free

Firmware: JC66

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 105 107 107 104 MB/s

60.8% Good

Write 97

Mixed 65.8

SusWrite 106

69% 93.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.17 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

422GB free

Firmware: JC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 125 124 126 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 75.7

Mixed 52.4

SusWrite 124

59% 80.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.17 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 day ago.

135GB free

Firmware: JC4B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 97 99 99 MB/s

48.6% Average

Write 70.6

Mixed 47

SusWrite 98.1

53% 71.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 1

170% 1.1 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	932x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	456x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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Barracuda 7200.12 500GB

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