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ST9120822A 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 16.6% (998th of 1015)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: ST9120822A
Poor: 7%Average: 16.6% Great: 22%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate ST9120822A 120GB averaged 83.3% 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 0.31MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.32MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9120822A 120GB is just 15.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9120822A 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 20.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 24.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 99816.6%
Min Avg Max
5 Read 29.6 41.1
7.7 Write 29.4 41.8
5 Mixed 20.8 37.9
9.1 SusWrite 24.3 37.9
19.2% 26 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.06 4K Read 0.32 0.5
0.1 4K Write 0.54 0.8
0.08 4K Mixed 0.31 0.6
58.4% 0.39 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 33 39 37 39 38 MB/s
22% Poor
Read 41
Write 31.9
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 35.4
25% 33.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 23 7.9 6 11 MB/s
16.3% Very poor
Read 38.5
Write 39.3
Mixed 28
SusWrite 18
23% 31 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
96% 0.57 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 14 17 24 21 23 MB/s
14.4% Very poor
Read 28.3
Write 37.7
Mixed 16.3
SusWrite 21.7
19% 26 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
79% 0.47 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 27 32 33 27 24 MB/s
10.5% Very poor
Read 9.8
Write 22
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 26.8
14% 18.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
19% 0.13 MB/s
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 19 21 19 8.2 9.4 MB/s
9.9% Terrible
Read 20.1
Write 22.1
Mixed 16.6
SusWrite 14.3
14% 18.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
53% 0.33 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 14 26 29 13 MB/s
7.05% Terrible
Read 5
Write 7.7
Mixed 5
SusWrite 19.6
7% 9.33 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 11 9.5 6.4 8.9 14 MB/s
6.16% Terrible
Read 11.5
Write 12.7
Mixed 8.4
SusWrite 9.8
8% 10.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
38% 0.3 MB/s
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System: Dell Inspiron XPS Gen2

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Pentium M processor 2.13GHzIntelBench 29%, 80 samples1x
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GeForce Go 6800 UltraNvidiaBench 0%, 10 samples1x
RAM
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples1x
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