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Seagate ST1000LX015

FireCuda 2.5" 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 44.5% (413th of 1015)

more Based on 113,522 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000LX015-1U7172, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX015-1U7, ST1000LX015-1U71, ST1000LX015-1U7172-SSHD, ST1000LX 015-1U7172-S, ST1000LX ST1000LX015-1U71
Poor: 18%Average: 44.5% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB averaged 55.5% 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 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.42MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB is 51.8%. 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 Write Speed 59.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 113,522 samples)
Rank 41344.5%
Min Avg Max
13.5 Read 67.1 122
2 Write 59.4 114
18.6 Mixed 51 66.7
24 SusWrite 87.3 126
48.8% 66.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.16 4K Read 1.42 3.1
0.8 4K Write 1.73 4.24
0.1 4K Mixed 0.97 2.4
199% 1.37 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
765GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 127 128 127 126 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 129
Write 100
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 125
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 2.7
528% 3.5 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 128 129 129 129 128 MB/s
69% Good
Read 117
Write 104
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 123
73% 100 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
184% 1.43 MB/s
881GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 124 129 122 130 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 98.5
Write 97.9
Mixed 56.6
SusWrite 125
69% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
260% 1.77 MB/s
654GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 83 103 99 86 102 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 73.2
Write 119
Mixed 55.6
SusWrite 96
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.5
216% 1.13 MB/s
882GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 38 58 49 65 71 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 76.3
Write 97.3
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 49.1
51% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.1
80% 0.9 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 34 33 39 16 47 MB/s
14.3% Very poor
Read 18.4
Write 48.7
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 31
20% 27.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.1
38% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Asus TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 73%, 134,950 samples2,715x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 76%, 348,277 samples1,385x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 363,190 samples2,306x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 25%, 140,985 samples1,794x
SSD
RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 75%, 12,149 samples672x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 93%, 11,842 samples184x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 73%, 45,161 samples179x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 51,491 samples1,941x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 75,832 samples380x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 30,986 samples144x
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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

10 months ago.

RUS-User
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4,204

Terrible

14 months 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.

CAN-User
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4,120

Terrible

1 month 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.

FRA-User
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3,909

Terrible

11 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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3,016

Poor

11 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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1,958

Terrible

19 months ago.

Disk started mulfunctioning 3 times in a year

DNK-User
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1,858

Poor

2 years ago.

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

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