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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 49% (327th of 1015)

more Based on 30,622 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 21%Average: 49% Great: 72%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 51.0% 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 1.19MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.53MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 50.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 76.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,622 samples)
Rank 32749%
Min Avg Max
19 Read 76.6 126
2 Write 81.1 121
24.4 Mixed 55.8 106
37.9 SusWrite 93.6 129
56.5% 76.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.53 3.23
0.9 4K Write 2.1 4.5
0.1 4K Mixed 1.19 2.83
235% 1.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 130 130 129 129 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 128
Write 98
Mixed 69
SusWrite 127
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 2.6
517% 3.47 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 127 128 133 134 135 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 115
Write 87.4
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 129
73% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 2.4
465% 3.17 MB/s
798GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 127 127 127 127 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 118
Write 10
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 125
57% 78 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.8
364% 2.77 MB/s
929GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 111 106 111 117 112 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 117
Write 126
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 114
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 2.2
430% 2.9 MB/s
449GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 113 115 115 107 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 85.8
Write 115
Mixed 52.8
SusWrite 112
67% 91.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.3
244% 1.47 MB/s
850GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 122 123 123 122 MB/s
54.3% Above average
Read 66
Write 122
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 123
67% 91.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.3
244% 1.63 MB/s
850GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 123 125 124 120 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 58.5
Write 108
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 122
63% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
139% 1.13 MB/s
598GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 69 69 77 57 73 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 30.5
Write 81
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 68.1
42% 57.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.3
124% 1.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 39%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 75%, 37,467 samples2,121x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 84%, 107,232 samples1,147x
Bench 56%, 9,597 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 79,909 samples2,110x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 57,081 samples1,153x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 341,604 samples5x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 75%, 4,897 samples574x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 74%, 20,899 samples146x
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 44%, 9,605 samples46x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 41%, 15,314 samples1,918x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 11,746 samples408x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 1x4GBHynixBench 30%, 1,228 samples141x
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3 months ago.

CAN-User
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Poor

1 month ago.

this came with my asus gl503ge and it is fast file transfer but is always at 100% disk usage need an upgrade badly

FRA-User
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2,795

Average

11 months ago.

Not my best buy. On a (quite) cluttered system (2/3 to 3/4 of the disk full) on a mainstream laptop (with an Intel i3 CPU), I saw no difference between this and my preview built-in HGST 5K1000, it disappointed me. It's only after a few months of still no good latency and speed that I saw that this model, even if it's widely used, is not better than a classic 7200 rpm hard drive.

JPN-User
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2,156

Terrible

6 months ago.

It generates more heat than SSDs and slower than 7200 rpm HDDs! When it's used as an external drive, it sometimes lose our precious data! You're fired, FireCuda!

DNK-User
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Poor

3 months ago.

This SSHD came with my ASUS TufFX504 laptop. And its absolutely slow. I'm looking for an upgrade

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