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STM3500630AS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 34.7% (597th of 1015)

Based on 1,461 user benchmarks.  Model: MAXTOR STM3500630AS
Poor: 22%Average: 34.7% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB averaged 65.2% 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 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB is 20.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 45.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 43.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,461 samples)
Rank 59734.7%
Min Avg Max
38.2 Read 60.4 74.5
19.8 Write 45.5 73.3
31.7 Mixed 43.9 52.4
35.6 SusWrite 60.4 76.2
38.8% 52.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.7
1 4K Write 1.28 1.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.76 0.9
135% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
174GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 60 60 60 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 68.9
Write 38.6
Mixed 44
SusWrite 59.4
39% 52.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 65
Write 41.3
Mixed 45.3
SusWrite 56
38% 51.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
295GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 64.4
Write 45.9
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 54
40% 53.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 49 48 43 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 63.9
Write 41.5
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 47.2
37% 49.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 62.9
Write 28.1
Mixed 39
SusWrite 37.2
31% 41.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 43%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples253x
Core i7-4790Intel  $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples65x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $95Bench 70%, 229,359 samples54x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples57x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples35x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples27x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples14x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples21x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples13x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $978

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