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ST32000540AS 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 60.4% (187th of 1015)

Based on 398 user benchmarks.  Models: ST32000540AS, ST320005 40AS
Poor: 40%Average: 60.4% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB averaged 39.6% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 398 samples)
Rank 18760.4%
Min Avg Max
64.4 Read 108 134
60.9 Write 102 130
22.2 Mixed 58.5 105
63.2 SusWrite 104 134
68.2% 93 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.66 0.8
0.4 4K Write 0.77 1.1
0.17 4K Mixed 0.57 0.8
105% 0.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
410GB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 131 130 131 130 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 120
Write 117
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 130
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
698GB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 112 113 115 113 MB/s
64% Good
Read 110
Write 99.2
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 113
64% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.53 MB/s
698GB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 114 115 114 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 101
Write 97.3
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 114
62% 85.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 110 111 109 112 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 99.5
Write 99.4
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 110
61% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.57 MB/s
815GB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 99 103 100 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 98.5
Write 111
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 99.9
61% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.53 MB/s
249GB free
Firmware: CC83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 90.6
Write 76.2
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 91.3
51% 70.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
84% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 81%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Pro4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples509x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples486x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples295x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples276x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples236x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples102x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples93x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples85x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples157x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $560

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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