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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 48.1% (347th of 1015)

more Based on 38,431 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 21%Average: 48.1% Great: 72%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 51.8% 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 1.24MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.47MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 51.2%. 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 56.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 74.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38,431 samples)
Rank 34748.1%
Min Avg Max
14.5 Read 74.2 124
2.14 Write 78.6 121
22.5 Mixed 56.6 107
33.3 SusWrite 92.8 129
55.7% 75.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.47 3.33
0.8 4K Write 2.06 4.4
0.1 4K Mixed 1.24 3.06
237% 1.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
835GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 105 108 100 115 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 212
Write 2.5
Mixed 95.7
SusWrite 107
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 2.9
517% 2.77 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 121 116 118 128 122 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 103
Write 20.2
Mixed 98
SusWrite 107
61% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 4.4
713% 3.97 MB/s
802GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 124 125 124 122 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 73.7
Write 115
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 124
67% 91.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.53 MB/s
797GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 124 130 133 127 130 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 48.1
Write 102
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 129
62% 84 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.2
228% 1.4 MB/s
766GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 91 90 119 104 116 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 38.3
Write 2
Mixed 47
SusWrite 104
36% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
273% 2.17 MB/s
716GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 65 55 84 92 89 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 40.8
Write 92
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 76.5
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.3
110% 1.07 MB/s
766GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 40 58 81 72 84 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 26.5
Write 77.5
Mixed 48.2
SusWrite 63.7
40% 54 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
148% 1.2 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 63%, 45,134 samples2,488x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 72%, 149,847 samples1,340x
Bench 45%, 10,417 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 8%, 99,033 samples2,451x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 60,914 samples1,372x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $750Bench 154%, 381,219 samples5x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 75%, 6,421 samples648x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 74%, 24,059 samples181x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 98%, 4,153 samples73x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 41%, 19,855 samples2,198x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 16,673 samples487x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 1x4GBHynixBench 31%, 1,522 samples149x
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5 months ago.

CAN-User
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Poor

3 months 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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2,933

Average

13 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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2,264

Terrible

8 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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1,470

Poor

5 months ago.

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

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