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Seagate

ST500LT032-1E9142 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 40.6% (491st of 1015)

Based on 1,302 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500LT032-1E9142, ST500LT032-1E91, ST500LT0 32-1E9142, ST500LT032-1E914, ST500LT0 ST500LT032-1E914
Poor: 12%Average: 40.6% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500LT032-1E9142 500GB averaged 59.4% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 75.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500LT032-1E9142 500GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500LT032-1E9142 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.64MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,302 samples)
Rank 49140.6%
Min Avg Max
11 Read 75.7 108
16 Write 73 104
11.3 Mixed 34.2 48.6
22.1 SusWrite 65.9 106
45.4% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.4 0.5
0.4 4K Write 0.64 0.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.47 0.6
81% 0.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
446GB free
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 111 111 111 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 104
Write 83.7
Mixed 38.6
SusWrite 111
61% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
98% 0.6 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 0002LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 103 104 105 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 106
Write 100
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 104
66% 90.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
387GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 103 104 103 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 99.7
Write 97.5
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 103
62% 85.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 96 96 96 97 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 99.9
Write 78.6
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 96.3
57% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 65 56 56 74 64 MB/s
43.2% Average
Read 90.6
Write 85.4
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 60
50% 68.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
81% 0.5 MB/s
261GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 19 39 40 51 34 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 62.4
Write 69.2
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 32.1
36% 48.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
57% 0.4 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 35 37 37 31 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 10.7
Write 29
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 34.3
16% 21.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.4
56% 0.27 MB/s
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Typical ST500LT032-1E9142 500GB Builds (Compare 2,013 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 50%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Latitude E7440

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples802x
Core i5-4310UIntelBench 49%, 14,648 samples698x
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples416x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples2,010x
GTX 780-TiNvidia  $410Bench 53%, 30,815 samples1x
HD Graphics FamilyIncredibleBench 3%, 12 samples1x
SSD
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples316x
LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GBLiteonitBench 73%, 4,013 samples64x
SM841 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 1,284 samples49x
RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples124x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples79x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples72x
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