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ST9320423AS 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 35.7% (575th of 1015)

Based on 13,598 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9320423AS, ST932042 ST9320423AS, ST932042 3AS
Poor: 9%Average: 35.7% Great: 51%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB averaged 64.3% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB is 41.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 59.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,598 samples)
Rank 57535.7%
Min Avg Max
9.72 Read 65.1 90.2
14.5 Write 63 86.6
14.3 Mixed 40.1 50.3
16.5 SusWrite 59.2 90.3
41.8% 56.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.5 4K Write 1.04 1.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.65 0.8
114% 0.74 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
293GB free
Firmware: 0003HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 90 91 91 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 90.6
Write 79
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 90.8
57% 77.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 91 92 90 93 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 74.9
Write 70.5
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 90.9
51% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 71 71 71 MB/s
41% Average
Read 72.1
Write 70.6
Mixed 44.1
SusWrite 70.8
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 88 52 46 51 MB/s
39.7% Below average
Read 70.5
Write 65.6
Mixed 44.4
SusWrite 67.6
46% 62 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
187GB free
Firmware: 0006HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 61 57 65 65 MB/s
37.7% Below average
Read 68
Write 64.5
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 63.1
44% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: 0006HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 73 73 74 75 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 50.3
Write 47.5
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 73.4
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0006HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 30 34 36 26 42 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 55.4
Write 57.5
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 36.3
35% 46.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
113% 0.67 MB/s
297GB free
Firmware: 0006HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 29 30 38 37 37 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 28
Write 40.6
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 32.6
22% 30.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
131% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples181x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples183x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples91x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples43x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples40x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples70x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228

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