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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 50% (310th of 1015)

more Based on 44,232 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 24%Average: 50% Great: 72%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 50.0% 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 1.33MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.58MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 48.5%. 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 57.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44,232 samples)
Rank 31050%
Min Avg Max
15 Read 77.2 126
2.19 Write 80.1 121
30.2 Mixed 57.8 107
45.9 SusWrite 96.3 129
57.4% 77.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.58 3.3
0.9 4K Write 2.18 4.4
0.1 4K Mixed 1.33 3.4
254% 1.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
928GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 132 131 133 128 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 119
Write 122
Mixed 62.8
SusWrite 131
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 2.2
426% 3 MB/s
813GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 130 131 129 132 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 49.2
Write 104
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 129
63% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.2
228% 1.4 MB/s
782GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 79 74 104 93 118 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 80.1
Write 104
Mixed 64.9
SusWrite 84.4
61% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.2
106% 1 MB/s
734GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SHM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 33 50 93 97 97 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 81.8
Write 103
Mixed 56.6
SusWrite 67.9
57% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.1
82% 0.9 MB/s
730GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 64 76 80 98 97 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 53
Write 99.5
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 80.6
52% 70.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.3
223% 1.3 MB/s
391GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 74 84 78 79 84 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 22.8
Write 2.5
Mixed 40
SusWrite 80
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
119% 0.93 MB/s
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 39 50 53 68 57 MB/s
20.2% Poor
Read 17.2
Write 59.5
Mixed 43.2
SusWrite 52.8
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
733GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 31 42 42 46 MB/s
16.4% Very poor
Read 18
Write 24.8
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 38.9
21% 27.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.1
43% 0.43 MB/s
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Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation 34%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 62%, 55,825 samples2,807x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 71%, 152,536 samples1,534x
Bench 45%, 11,383 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 119,746 samples2,752x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 24%, 67,502 samples1,584x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $722Bench 126%, 386,341 samples5x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 75%, 7,588 samples719x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 73%, 27,419 samples201x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 97%, 5,472 samples127x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 41%, 24,711 samples2,468x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 20,568 samples565x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 1x4GBHynixBench 31%, 1,926 samples152x
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7 months ago.

CAN-User
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Poor

5 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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3,003

Average

15 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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Terrible

10 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

7 months ago.

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

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