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ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 44.4% (417th of 1015)

Based on 725 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500DL001 HD503HI, ST500DL0 01, ST500DL001-9VT154
Poor: 22%Average: 44.4% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB averaged 55.6% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.06MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB is 37.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 67.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 725 samples)
Rank 41744.4%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Read 77.3 104
20.6 Write 67.5 108
24.7 Mixed 46.9 60.2
34.5 SusWrite 77 106
49.4% 67.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.49 0.6
0.8 4K Write 2.06 2.8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.78 1
145% 1.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 94 94 94 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 173
Write 29.8
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 93.1
67% 91.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.33 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 105 104 105 105 105 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 118
Write 30.6
Mixed 64
SusWrite 100
58% 78.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.3 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 100 101 100 102 100 MB/s
62% Good
Read 122
Write 26.7
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 94.2
56% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.87 MB/s
461GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 113 113 113 113 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 96.1
Write 99.7
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 113
67% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.3 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 100 101 102 102 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 92.4
Write 49.6
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 101
55% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.2 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 57 70 76 76 76 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 77.8
Write 77.8
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 70.3
45% 61.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 1.1 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 65 66 65 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 57.4
Write 69.8
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 65.8
43% 58.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1.13 MB/s
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Typical ST500DL001 HD503HI 500GB Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-S1

CPU
Athlon II X4 740KAMDBench 49%, 4,318 samples12x
A4-4000 APUAMD  $171Bench 39%, 6,528 samples10x
A4-6300 APUAMD  $51Bench 40%, 10,924 samples6x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples7x
Radeon R7 250AMDBench 9%, 5,461 samples5x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples2x
SSD
GP-GSTFS31120GN 120GBGigabyteBench 68%, 187 samples3x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples3x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
RAM
99U5474-016.A 99U5584-007.A 8GBKingstonBench 33%, 17 samples5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples2x
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