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Seagate

ST3500641NS EIT 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 27.4% (810th of 1015)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3500641NS EIT
Poor: 18%Average: 27.4% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500641NS EIT 500GB averaged 72.6% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500641NS EIT 500GB is just 14.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500641NS EIT 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 42.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 81027.4%
Min Avg Max
20 Read 49.6 64.8
26.3 Write 42.2 55.3
21.9 Mixed 37.4 52.5
23.8 SusWrite 46.2 58.7
32.4% 43.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.53 1
0.5 4K Write 0.94 1.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.52 0.8
97.2% 0.66 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
202GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 54 55 53 54 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 57.3
Write 37.8
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 53.9
35% 47.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 56 57 56 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 55
Write 37.4
Mixed 40.9
SusWrite 55.8
35% 47.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
203GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 55 54 54 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 55.2
Write 35.4
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 53.7
34% 45.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 55 55 54 MB/s
30.9% Below average
Read 53.2
Write 37.8
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 54.2
34% 46.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
419GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 39 46 43 52 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 57.4
Write 51.6
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 45.4
35% 47.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 49 40 50 49 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 31.3
Mixed 37.5
SusWrite 47.6
31% 41.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
289GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 45 41 41 39 43 MB/s
27.8% Poor
Read 54.8
Write 43.2
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 41.7
34% 46 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: 3.AES
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 35 33 30 28 30 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 64.8
Write 26.3
Mixed 34
SusWrite 31.1
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.73 MB/s
280GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AEE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 31 21 21 22 23 MB/s
12.6% Very poor
Read 20
Write 41.9
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 23.8
22% 29.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
51% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples2,207x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,326x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples568x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples395x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples206x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples85x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples61x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $278

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