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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 45.8% (377th of 1015)

more Based on 127,507 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-S, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 20%Average: 45.8% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 54.1% 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 1.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.48MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 50%. 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 Write Speed 60.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 127,507 samples)
Rank 37745.8%
Min Avg Max
11.1 Read 68.2 123
2.14 Write 60.6 115
24.1 Mixed 52.8 70.2
37 SusWrite 90.9 126
50.2% 68.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.48 3.33
0.9 4K Write 1.77 4.3
0.1 4K Mixed 1.07 2.5
214% 1.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
525GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 103 103 99 109 111 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 102
Write 57.5
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 98.4
59% 80.5 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 2
535% 3.5 MB/s
497GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 105 113 114 115 MB/s
53.9% Above average
Read 74.5
Write 104
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 113
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
202% 1.6 MB/s
595GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 83 83 87 85 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 91.8
Write 102
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 84.6
61% 83.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.2
182% 1.03 MB/s
539GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 70 71 71 67 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 47.9
Write 62
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 69.1
43% 57.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1
173% 1.07 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 17 11 11 11 MB/s
6.35% Terrible
Read 9.7
Write 16.9
Mixed 17.6
SusWrite 12.3
11% 14.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
36% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 63%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1,693x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples921x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,556x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,057x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 81%, 18,233 samples324x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 96%, 18,615 samples120x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples109x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples875x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples220x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples80x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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9,840

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

15 months ago.

Slow, runs at 100% constantly Very clearly the bottleneck in the laptop it came in. I've wanted to replace it for years and finally will do so soon.

CAN-User
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4,960

Terrible

3 years ago.

The disk is at 100% usage all the time. It's so slow, it causes system instability. Windows freezes up and applications crash. Cannot even open task manager. This laptop (ASUS TUF Gaming FX504GD) is the worst tech purchase I have ever made.

RUS-User
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4,780

Terrible

4 years ago.

I bought a laptop with this drive in it, returned the first one and the replacement has been doing the same thing. Runs at 100% randomly for extended periods and slows to a crawl regularly. Piece of junk.

FRA-User
Avatar level
4,573

Terrible

3 years 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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3,408

Poor

3 years 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!

HRV-User
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2,322

Terrible

4 years ago.

Disk started mulfunctioning 3 times in a year

DNK-User
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2,212

Poor

5 years ago.

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

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