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ST9320320AS 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 27% (817th of 1015)

Based on 2,404 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9320320AS, ST932032 0AS, ST932032 ST9320320AS
Poor: 11%Average: 27% Great: 37%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB averaged 73.0% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.39MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB is 26.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 46.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,404 samples)
Rank 81727%
Min Avg Max
10.9 Read 47.8 66.4
19.1 Write 47.1 64.4
11.8 Mixed 29.7 37.9
18.9 SusWrite 46.2 65.8
31.4% 42.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.39 0.5
0.4 4K Write 0.87 1.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
86% 0.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
297GB free
Firmware: SD03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 67 67 66 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 68.5
Write 63.2
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 66.4
43% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.63 MB/s
285GB free
Firmware: BS04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 65 65 65 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 63.5
Write 63.2
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 64.8
42% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
249GB free
Firmware: 0303
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s
32.2% Below average
Read 52.3
Write 58.4
Mixed 34.6
SusWrite 59.9
38% 51.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 0303
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 52.5
Write 46.6
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 48.9
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: HP07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 63 62 63 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 34.1
Write 59.1
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 62.2
35% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.33 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: 0303
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 45 45 40 42 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 40.7
Write 46.4
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 43
29% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 33 32 33 33 33 MB/s
23.7% Poor
Read 51
Write 28.2
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 31.5
24% 33 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 35%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Aspire 6930G

CPU
Core2 Duo T6400Intel  $99Bench 34%, 4,995 samples11x
Core2 Duo T5800IntelBench 34%, 3,175 samples7x
Core2 Duo P8600Intel  $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples5x
GPU
GeForce 9600M-GTNvidiaBench 2%, 3,959 samples23x
GeForce 9600M-GSNvidiaBench 2%, 1,033 samples7x
Mobility Radeon HD 4650ATIBench 3%, 4,405 samples7x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples2x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples2x
MX500 250GBCrucial  $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples38x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples2x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 35% - Below average Total price: $137

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