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ST3750640AS 750GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 34.6% (604th of 1014)

Based on 7,916 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3750640AS, ST375064 0AS, ST375064 ST3750640AS, ST375064 0A
Poor: 20%Average: 34.6% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB averaged 65.4% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.58MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB is 21.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 48.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,916 samples)
Rank 60434.6%
Min Avg Max
37.3 Read 62.1 74.9
22.3 Write 48.6 71.4
28.9 Mixed 42.6 50.6
25.8 SusWrite 58.2 73.7
39.1% 52.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.58 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.02 1.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.59 0.7
109% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
489GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 75.3
Write 40.8
Mixed 50
SusWrite 70.4
44% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
651GB free
Firmware: 3.AFK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 71 70 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 68.9
Write 72.6
Mixed 47
SusWrite 71.5
48% 65 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.8 MB/s
542GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 31 32 35 29 46 MB/s
40% Average
Read 108
Write 14.7
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 31.7
34% 46.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.4 MB/s
369GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 57 58 57 58 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 73.5
Write 42.2
Mixed 46.1
SusWrite 56.9
40% 54.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 61 60 63 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 48.2
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 61.2
42% 56.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: 3.AFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 60 59 60 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 67
Write 44.4
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 59.8
40% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.77 MB/s
82GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 51 46 49 57 53 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 68
Write 41.4
Mixed 46
SusWrite 49.6
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
82GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 50 49 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 63.5
Write 41.2
Mixed 42
SusWrite 48.9
36% 48.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B560M-A

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,180x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,115x
Core i5-11400Intel  $126Bench 94%, 24,459 samples1,094x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,074x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples653x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples376x
SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples237x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples213x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples203x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples440x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples307x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples281x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $426

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