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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 45.8% (376th 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

Average Bench

(Based on 127,507 samples)
Rank 37645.8%
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%
931GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 130 130 128 131 134 MB/s
66.6% Good
Read 107
Write 70.3
Mixed 108
SusWrite 124
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 3.2
484% 2.8 MB/s
182GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 98 100 99 97 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 50.5
Write 110
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 98.4
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
131% 1.1 MB/s
715GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 104 100 103 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 37.2
Write 88.5
Mixed 48
SusWrite 101
51% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
668GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 68 68 68 66 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 16.5
Write 115
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 68.1
46% 61.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.1
186% 1.1 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 samples1,763x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples966x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,636x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,092x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 81%, 18,233 samples336x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 96%, 18,615 samples125x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples113x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples908x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples223x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples85x
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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

22 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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5,080

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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4,850

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
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4,675

Terrible

4 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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3,464

Poor

4 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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2,372

Terrible

5 years ago.

Disk started mulfunctioning 3 times in a year

DNK-User
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2,254

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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