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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 48.9% (327th of 1015)

more Based on 48,789 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 21%Average: 48.9% Great: 72%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 51.1% 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 1.16MB/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 50.8%. 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 55.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 76.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 48,789 samples)
Rank 32748.9%
Min Avg Max
19.5 Read 76.2 125
2.5 Write 79.6 121
25.3 Mixed 55.7 105
35.9 SusWrite 93.5 129
56.2% 76.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.49 3.2
0.9 4K Write 1.99 4.4
0.1 4K Mixed 1.16 2.99
228% 1.55 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: 118 118 124 127 126 125 MB/s
69.1% Good
Read 116
Write 104
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 123
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 2.4
471% 3.27 MB/s
865GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 127 127 126 127 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 93.3
Write 123
Mixed 56.2
SusWrite 124
72% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.3
223% 1.3 MB/s
921GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 91 81 83 76 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 100
Write 2.2
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 78.7
44% 59.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
124% 1.07 MB/s
310GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 93 94 98 93 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 48.3
Write 61.1
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 91.9
42% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
66% 0.6 MB/s
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Typical FireCuda 2.5" 1TB Builds (Compare 4,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 35%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 68%, 59,369 samples3,045x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 190,677 samples1,696x
Bench 51%, 12,089 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 132,815 samples2,984x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 68,776 samples1,752x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples5x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 74%, 8,879 samples784x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 74%, 28,142 samples218x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 98%, 6,417 samples153x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 41%, 28,394 samples2,675x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 25,254 samples592x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 13,899 samples169x
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9 months ago.

CAN-User
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3,156

Poor

16 days 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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3,095

Average

16 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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2,426

Terrible

12 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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1,646

Terrible

15 days ago.

Disk started mulfunctioning 3 times in a year

DNK-User
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1,536

Poor

8 months ago.

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

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