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ST340211AS 40GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 28.5% (777th of 1015)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: ST340211AS
Poor: 19%Average: 28.5% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST340211AS 40GB averaged 71.4% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST340211AS 40GB is just 13.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST340211AS 40GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 25.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 77728.5%
Min Avg Max
2.5 Read 54.3 209
1.7 Write 25.5 54.7
2 Mixed 25 52.3
1.7 SusWrite 44.6 57.2
27.4% 37.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.53 1.1
0 4K Write 1.11 1.4
0 4K Mixed 0.63 0.9
113% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 57 58 58 58 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 208
Write 10.7
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 57.2
57% 77.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 0.9 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 57 55 58 58 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 209
Write 11.2
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 56
56% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 0.9 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 56 56 55 56 MB/s
30.6% Below average
Read 51.3
Write 10.7
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 55.1
26% 35.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 53
Write 9.2
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 52.3
24% 33.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 51 51 51 51 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 50.8
Write 9.3
Mixed 20
SusWrite 50
24% 32.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.97 MB/s
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Typical ST340211AS 40GB Builds (Compare 5,982 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples1,129x
Core i5-6400Intel  $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples645x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples558x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples847x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples475x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples369x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples315x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples166x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples156x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples113x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples80x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $171

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