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ST3500312CS 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.4% (353rd of 1015)

Based on 80,330 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500312CS, ST3500312CS-1CT162, ST350031 ST3500312CS, ST350031 2CS
Poor: 28%Average: 47.4% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB averaged 52.6% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.58MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB is 33.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80,330 samples)
Rank 35347.4%
Min Avg Max
51.1 Read 86.8 108
46.8 Write 84.4 105
30.2 Mixed 47.8 57.5
33.3 SusWrite 78.1 108
54.5% 74.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.54 0.6
1.1 4K Write 1.58 1.8
0.5 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
132% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
242GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 109 111 110 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 109
Write 107
Mixed 57.1
SusWrite 110
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
439GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 103 103 102 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 107
Write 102
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 102
68% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
296GB free
Firmware: CA12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 95 96 96 96 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 110
Write 106
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 94.8
67% 91.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 94 101 96 96 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 94.3
64% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
141% 1 MB/s
430GB free
Firmware: SS16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 94 93 93 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 104
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 92.5
66% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.03 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CA12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 15 20 25 73 77 MB/s
40% Below average
Read 94.6
Write 93.3
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 44.5
52% 70.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 37 48 20 56 56 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 84.5
Write 81.9
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 39.6
45% 61.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Intel H61

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $200Bench 71%, 188,188 samples1,523x
Core i5-2400Intel  $20Bench 69%, 152,914 samples990x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 240,410 samples664x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 123,664 samples1,339x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 130,456 samples969x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 843,846 samples668x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 307,480 samples361x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 59%, 152,637 samples351x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $38Bench 45%, 148,536 samples191x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 34%, 149,208 samples398x
2x8GBUnknownBench 60%, 202,400 samples340x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 361,668 samples331x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $229

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