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ST980811AS 80GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 17% (996th of 1015)

Based on 1,707 user benchmarks.  Models: ST980811AS, ST980811 ST980811AS, ST980811 AS
Poor: 7%Average: 17% Great: 24%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate ST980811AS 80GB averaged 83.0% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.42MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST980811AS 80GB is just 17.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST980811AS 80GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 22.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 28MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,707 samples)
Rank 99617%
Min Avg Max
8.72 Read 30.9 43
10.2 Write 30.8 43.6
10.1 Mixed 22.8 29.8
10.5 SusWrite 28 42.8
20.8% 28.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.2 4K Write 0.68 0.9
0.1 4K Mixed 0.49 0.6
84.2% 0.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
60GB free
Firmware: 3.CDE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 39 40 40 MB/s
23.4% Poor
Read 41.5
Write 42.2
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 39.8
28% 38.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.63 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 19 19 16 16 MB/s
19.8% Very poor
Read 50
Write 27.7
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 18.7
22% 29.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.6 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 3.CDD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s
18.6% Very poor
Read 32.7
Write 34.1
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 32
23% 30.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.57 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 23 23 23 MB/s
14.7% Very poor
Read 28.4
Write 28.8
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 22.7
19% 25.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.63 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 18 17 18 14 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 27
Write 30.6
Mixed 22.4
SusWrite 17.7
18% 24.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.6 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 21 21 21 MB/s
12.2% Very poor
Read 20.8
Write 21.6
Mixed 18
SusWrite 21.5
15% 20.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.53 MB/s
4GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 10 9.9 10 10 MB/s
5.23% Terrible
Read 7.5
Write 12.5
Mixed 10.2
SusWrite 10.3
8% 10.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
62% 0.5 MB/s
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Typical ST980811AS 80GB Builds (Compare 1,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T7500

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples167x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples90x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples76x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples63x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples55x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples52x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples19x
M4 64GBCrucial  $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples19x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples133x
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples128x
12x4GBUnknownBench 52%, 970 samples109x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $84

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