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Seagate

ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 58% (208th of 1014)

Based on 242 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500LM024-1RS152, ST500LM0 ST500LM024-1RS15, ST500LM024-1RS15, ST500LM0 24-1RS152
Poor: 21%Average: 58% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB averaged 42.0% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB is 56.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500LM024-1RS152 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.82MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 242 samples)
Rank 20858%
Min Avg Max
23.5 Read 107 139
41.9 Write 103 136
23.4 Mixed 58.6 109
31.4 SusWrite 91.8 138
66.1% 90.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.67 1
0.5 4K Write 0.82 1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.57 0.8
107% 0.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
442GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 128 129 128 MB/s
74.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 125
Mixed 57.6
SusWrite 129
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 118 120 119 117 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 62.8
SusWrite 118
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.9 MB/s
429GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 125 125 126 126 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 114
Write 103
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 126
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.87 MB/s
310GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 101 83 100 104 105 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 107
Write 108
Mixed 48.6
SusWrite 96
66% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
129% 0.73 MB/s
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 16 11 16 15 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 108
Write 10.7
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 14.4
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
81% 0.5 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 18 20 24 25 MB/s
12% Very poor
Read 21.7
Write 24.3
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 20.1
17% 22.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
62% 0.4 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples357x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples3,239x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples195x
SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples97x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples89x
RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples315x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples152x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180

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