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Seagate ST9500325AS

Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 31.3% (690th of 1015)

Based on 83,084 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9500325AS, ST950032 5AS, ST950032 ST9500325AS
Poor: 9%Average: 31.3% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB averaged 68.7% 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 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.96MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB is 33.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 83,084 samples)
Rank 69031.3%
Min Avg Max
9.15 Read 55.4 75
14.3 Write 53.7 73.2
12.4 Mixed 33 39.9
18.4 SusWrite 53.5 75.8
35.9% 48.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.13 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.5 4K Write 0.96 1.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.54 0.7
95.6% 0.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
398GB free
Firmware: 0005HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 73 74 73 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 65.2
Write 50.9
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 72.6
42% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: D005DEM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 57 42 60 61 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 72.8
Write 56.2
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 57.2
41% 56 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.63 MB/s
315GB free
Firmware: 0005HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 59 60 59 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 71
Write 61.4
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 58.9
42% 57.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 62 62 62 62 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 65.9
Write 61
Mixed 37.1
SusWrite 61.6
41% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: DEM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 59 63 55 58 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 64.8
Write 58.8
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 55.6
40% 54.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.67 MB/s
197GB free
Firmware: 0011LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 50 46 48 48 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 63.8
Write 56.6
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 48.6
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.73 MB/s
6GB free
Firmware: 0011LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 39 39 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 69.1
Write 70.1
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 38
38% 52.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 40 40 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 50.4
Write 41.1
Mixed 27.4
SusWrite 40.3
29% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
103% 0.6 MB/s
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Dell Inspiron N5110

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples415x
Core i5-2450MIntel  $225Bench 49%, 51,836 samples335x
Core i5-2430MIntel  $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples303x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples1,268x
GeForce GT 525MNvidiaBench 2%, 9,032 samples381x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples298x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples62x
A400 120GBKingston  $33Bench 61%, 166,392 samples32x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples28x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 18,713 samples88x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 8,698 samples68x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 13,596 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228

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