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Seagate

ST3250824NS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 30.5% (712th of 1015)

Based on 69 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3250824NS, ST325082 4NS, ST325082 ST3250824NS
Poor: 21%Average: 30.5% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3250824NS 250GB averaged 69.5% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250824NS 250GB is just 15.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250824NS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 41.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 69 samples)
Rank 71230.5%
Min Avg Max
34.3 Read 55.1 63.7
18 Write 41.2 61.6
21.5 Mixed 40.7 59.1
23.4 SusWrite 48.6 63.3
34.4% 46.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.57 0.7
0.72 4K Write 1.15 1.4
0.27 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
109% 0.77 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
135GB free
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 49 54 53 56 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 110
Write 23.8
Mixed 37
SusWrite 52.3
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 0.9 MB/s
210GB free
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 63 64 65 64 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 78.5
Write 30.4
Mixed 45.2
SusWrite 63.5
40% 54.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
159GB free
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 63 62 63 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 78.7
Write 30.5
Mixed 43.1
SusWrite 62.6
40% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 3.AEE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 62 62 63 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 69.8
Write 33.5
Mixed 42.2
SusWrite 61.7
38% 51.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.77 MB/s
20GB free
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 64 63 63 63 MB/s
33.5% Below average
Read 55.5
Write 49
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 61.2
38% 51.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 16 17 16 17 MB/s
8.28% Terrible
Read 12.8
Write 21
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 16.1
12% 16.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
31% 0.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,366,909 HDDs tested

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Gaming 179%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 314%
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Motherboard: MSI TRX40 PRO 10G (MS-7C60)

CPU
Ryzen TR 3970XAMD  $1,900Bench 86%, 5,130 samples30x
Ryzen TR 3960XAMD  $1,350Bench 87%, 6,609 samples24x
Ryzen TR 3990XAMDBench 86%, 1,222 samples2x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,275Bench 210%, 158,856 samples12x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples6x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples5x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples11x
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TBBench 430%, 44,185 samples3x
Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSabrent  $140Bench 232%, 12,308 samples3x
RAM
F4-3200C16-32GVK 4x31.8GBG.SKILLBench 113%, 1,068 samples4x
F4-3200C16-32GTZN 4x31.8GBG.SKILLBench 113%, 791 samples3x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 6,447 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $3,282

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