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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 46.6% (367th of 1015)

more Based on 55,714 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 19%Average: 46.6% Great: 71%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 53.3% 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 1.11MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.49MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 52%. 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 53.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 71.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55,714 samples)
Rank 36746.6%
Min Avg Max
13.3 Read 71.4 126
2 Write 77.7 120
25.3 Mixed 53.8 89.4
33.2 SusWrite 90.6 128
54% 73.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.49 3.4
0.9 4K Write 1.9 4.3
0.1 4K Mixed 1.11 2.7
220% 1.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 130 136 135 122 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 123
Write 109
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 122
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 2.7
484% 3.13 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 61 65 84 85 84 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 48.5
Write 64.2
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 75.9
44% 59.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.8 MB/s
198GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 59 61 57 59 53 MB/s
28.3% Poor
Read 41.2
Write 67.2
Mixed 49
SusWrite 57.1
40% 53.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.1
66% 0.77 MB/s
502GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 62 64 64 64 64 MB/s
27% Poor
Read 31.3
Write 52.2
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 62.3
36% 48.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
91% 0.8 MB/s
580GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 29 30 30 31 32 MB/s
13.5% Very poor
Read 12.7
Write 71.2
Mixed 32
SusWrite 33.8
28% 37.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.1
61% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 66%, 62,986 samples3,267x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 206,053 samples1,847x
Bench 53%, 12,875 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 148,921 samples3,212x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples1,897x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples5x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 75%, 9,152 samples846x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 75%, 28,773 samples232x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 97%, 6,596 samples181x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 28,454 samples2,869x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 27,540 samples630x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 16,842 samples185x
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10 months ago.

CAN-User
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3,260

Poor

2 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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3,181

Average

18 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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2,508

Terrible

13 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!

HRV-User
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1,674

Terrible

2 months ago.

Disk started mulfunctioning 3 times in a year

DNK-User
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1,556

Poor

10 months ago.

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

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