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Maxtor

STM3500323AS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 53.8% (263rd of 1015)

Based on 94 user benchmarks.  Model: MAXTOR STM3500323AS
Poor: 43%Average: 53.8% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Maxtor STM3500323AS 500GB averaged 46.2% 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 0.79MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor STM3500323AS 500GB is 22.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor STM3500323AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)
Rank 26353.8%
Min Avg Max
68.1 Read 95.9 116
48.7 Write 86.5 114
28.5 Mixed 57 96.3
55 SusWrite 91.2 116
60.7% 82.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.49 4K Read 0.74 0.81
1.2 4K Write 1.64 1.9
0.34 4K Mixed 0.79 1
149% 1.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
157GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 107 105 108 108 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 114
Write 108
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 106
70% 96 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 104 107 108 108 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 102
Write 105
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 107
67% 92.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 109 107 104 109 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 100
Write 65.8
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 107
60% 81.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 95 97 96 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 97.2
Write 50.5
Mixed 54
SusWrite 95.9
55% 74.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
322GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 92 85 92 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 94
Write 94.8
Mixed 51.7
SusWrite 90.7
61% 82.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: MX1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 79 80 80 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 98.3
Write 58
Mixed 55.6
SusWrite 79.7
54% 72.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,339,391 HDDs tested

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Gaming 41%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) - $170

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples555x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples394x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples283x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples363x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples359x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples153x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples74x
MX300 275GBCrucial  $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples49x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $409

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