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Seagate

ST320LT020-9YG14 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 34.1% (616th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate ST320LT020-9YG14
Poor: 23%Average: 34.1% Great: 51%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST320LT020-9YG14 320GB averaged 65.8% 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 0.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.36MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST320LT020-9YG14 320GB is 28%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST320LT020-9YG14 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.62MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 61634.1%
Min Avg Max
36.5 Read 60.9 92.3
15.1 Write 55.3 92.4
14.3 Mixed 40.3 74
24.8 SusWrite 55.4 85.6
39% 53 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.07 4K Read 0.36 0.52
0.23 4K Write 0.62 1.2
0.11 4K Mixed 0.36 0.7
66.5% 0.45 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
249GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 88 87 87 85 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 92.3
Write 92.4
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 85.6
57% 78 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
278GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 75 79 60 70 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 58.5
Write 46.8
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 69
39% 52.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
79% 0.47 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 46 48 67 57 69 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 63.7
Write 74.6
Mixed 40.6
SusWrite 58.1
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.67 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
31.9% Below average
Read 60.6
Write 50.8
Mixed 71.1
46% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.12
4K Write 0.23
4K Mixed 0.17
28% 0.17 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 44 57 72 49 69 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 36.5
Write 33
Mixed 32
SusWrite 59.3
30% 40.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.53 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 20 17 27 28 29 MB/s
23.6% Poor
Read 57.4
Write 15.1
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 24.8
24% 31.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
73% 0.43 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 43.8
Write 36.6
Mixed 32.4
28% 37.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.19
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.11
28% 0.23 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: 3202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 37 36 37 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 39.3
Write 33.5
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 35.6
25% 33.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
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Typical ST320LT020-9YG14 320GB Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite C855D

CPU
E-300 APUAMD  $120Bench 23%, 7,672 samples24x
E1-1200 APUAMDBench 23%, 6,904 samples10x
A6-4400M APUAMDBench 35%, 6,363 samples5x
GPU
Radeon HD 6310AMDBench 1%, 13,166 samples22x
Radeon HD 7310AMDBench 1%, 7,882 samples10x
Radeon HD 7520GAMDBench 2%, 4,996 samples5x
SSD
S600 120GBHPBench 54%, 1,850 samples2x
Solid State Disk 60GBSpccBench 52%, 2,308 samples1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples1x
RAM
TSB1600D3S1ELD/4GE 1x4GBKingstonBench 24%, 471 samples3x
TSB1600D3S11ELD/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 23%, 304 samples2x
EBJ21UE8BFU0-DJ-F Samsung M471B5773DH0-CK0 4GBElpidaBench 26%, 10 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 28% - Poor Total price: $120

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