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Seagate

ST3250310NS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 44% (428th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate ST3250310NS
Poor: 28%Average: 44% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB averaged 55.9% 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 Read Speed 0.62MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB is 26.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 62.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 42844%
Min Avg Max
47 Read 83.4 107
47.5 Write 81.7 109
32.5 Mixed 57.5 93.2
35.2 SusWrite 62.6 82.3
52.6% 71.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.27 4K Read 0.62 0.8
0.39 4K Write 1.31 1.6
0.07 4K Mixed 0.54 0.9
110% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
30GB free
Firmware: XR38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 83 81 83 84 MB/s
54.3% Above average
Read 107
Write 109
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 82.3
64% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: XR38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 78 64 43 51 67 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 101
Write 87.3
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 65.2
56% 76.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: XR38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 41 37 31 28 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 66.1
Write 52.9
Mixed 41.8
SusWrite 35.2
36% 49 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.57 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,406,417 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3250310NS 250GB Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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System: Dell Studio XPS 9100

CPU
Core i7 930Intel  $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples196x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples90x
Core i7 X 980Intel  $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples20x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples30x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples18x
SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples12x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples11x
RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $429

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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