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Seagate

ST3500410AS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 54.6% (253rd of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate ST3500410AS
Poor: 37%Average: 54.6% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB averaged 45.4% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.59MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 84.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 25354.6%
Min Avg Max
61.9 Read 103 125
13.3 Write 91.2 119
23.7 Mixed 72.1 113
73.9 SusWrite 84.2 101
64.8% 87.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.45 4K Read 0.65 0.8
0.53 4K Write 1.59 1.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.67 1.1
131% 0.97 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 101 100 101 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 109
Write 104
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 101
68% 93.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 79 75 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 115
Write 115
Mixed 55.3
SusWrite 79.3
67% 91 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
187% 1.23 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 80 81 78 77 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 114
Write 112
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 78.6
66% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.1
189% 1.23 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 96 100 93 96 100 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 88
Write 89.1
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 93
60% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 80 79 77 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 95.7
Write 112
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 79.5
63% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
187GB free
Firmware: CC34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 109 108 108 MB/s
49.5% Average
Read 64.5
Write 67.3
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 108
52% 71.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,339,929 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3500410AS 500GB Builds (Compare 38 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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Motherboard: MSI 760GM -E51 (MS-7596)

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples6x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD  $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples5x
Athlon II X4 640AMD  $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples4x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples4x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples4x
GTX 770Nvidia  $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples3x
SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples4x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples2x
MTS400 M.2 256GBTranscend  $145Bench 79%, 1,007 samples2x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples13x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $232

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