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ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 41.9% (466th of 1015)

Based on 1,048 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB, ST500LX012-SSHD-, ST500LX0 12-SSHD-8GB, ST500LX012-1LM16
Poor: 10%Average: 41.9% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB 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 1.38MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB 500GB is 49.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500LX012-SSHD-8GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,048 samples)
Rank 46641.9%
Min Avg Max
9.97 Read 76.4 108
13.6 Write 76.5 108
12.5 Mixed 50.6 67
15.2 SusWrite 68.2 104
50% 67.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.98 1.6
0.6 4K Write 4.5 6.5
0.2 4K Mixed 1.38 2.1
278% 2.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 108 109 107 107 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 109
Write 85.4
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 107
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 2.1
406% 3.23 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 90 88 89 95 87 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 105
Write 61.1
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 87.6
57% 78 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 1.9
382% 3.17 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 75 74 76 76 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 77.3
Write 61.6
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 74.9
49% 66.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 1.8
370% 3.17 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 61 62 62 62 MB/s
44% Average
Read 89.9
Write 70.2
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 61.3
52% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 2
393% 3.2 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 61 61 61 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 85.1
Write 88.3
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 61.1
54% 73.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 1.9
376% 3.1 MB/s
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 63 50 60 62 65 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 83.2
Write 98.6
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 57.3
54% 73.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 1.6
331% 2.83 MB/s
263GB free
Firmware: 0001LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 73 77 73 74 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 43.6
Write 64
Mixed 45.1
SusWrite 74.4
42% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.1
239% 2.27 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20344

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples71x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples27x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples26x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples165x
SSD
MZNTD128HAGM-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 50%, 321 samples14x
LGT-256M6G 256GBLiteonitBench 74%, 651 samples14x
MZNTE256HMHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 67%, 1,123 samples11x
RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples67x
2x2GBMicronBench 23%, 2,546 samples26x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples21x
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