Seagate

ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB

ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB
BENCHMARKS (89,596)
MKT (0.5%)
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Effective Speed -77%Effective Speed -77%Average Score -45%Read -117%, Write -48%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -50%Peak Score -19%Read -69%, Write -45%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write 84%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -50%Value & Sentiment -284%User Rating -20%, Market Share -549%Nice To Haves +30% Age 30%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 49.8% (305^th of 1015)

Based on 89,596 user benchmarks. Models: ST1000LM048-2E7172, ST1000LM ST1000LM048-2E71, ST1000LM048-2E71, ST1000LM048-2E7, ST1000LM 048-2E7172

Poor: 29%Average: 49.8% Great: 71%

Popular builds with this HDD

Below average average bench

The Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB averaged 50.1% 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 0.61MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.37MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB is 42.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.9MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 71.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 89,596 samples)

Rank 30549.8%

Min	Avg	Max
34	Read 71.7	118
49.4	Write 97.3	130
37.3	Mixed 58.9	72.2
50.1	SusWrite 101	131
60.6% 82.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 1	1.62
1.3	4K Write 2.37	4.62
0.2	4K Mixed 0.61	0.9
153% 1.32 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

923GB free

Firmware: 0001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 132 130 124 MB/s

71.1% Very good

Write 127

Mixed 61.5

SusWrite 129

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

205% 1.43 MB/s

PRI-User, 18 mins ago.

893GB free

Firmware: 0001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 127 124 126 123 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 124

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 124

78% 107 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 1

203% 1.4 MB/s

DEU-User, 12 mins ago.

931GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 128 128 128 129 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 94.5

Mixed 55.1

SusWrite 128

70% 96.4 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.7

196% 1.53 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 hr ago.

327GB free

Firmware: 0001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 94 96 96 96 94 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 89.6

Mixed 67.1

SusWrite 94.1

58% 78.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.7

131% 0.9 MB/s

CZE-User, 24 mins ago.

157GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 68 70 70 70 70 MB/s

42.8% Average

Write 121

Mixed 62.9

SusWrite 68.3

61% 82.9 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 4.6

4K Mixed 0.7

205% 2.1 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

185GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 70 83 88 70 81 MB/s

35.5% Below average

Write 60.4

Mixed 48.5

SusWrite 78.6

43% 58 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.4

114% 1.13 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J9

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,699x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	914x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,552x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	706x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	355x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	153x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	84x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	76x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	557x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	232x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	154x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $410	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $164	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB

Average Bench: 49.8% (305th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 49.8% (305^th of 1015)