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Seagate

ST3500630AS 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 34.2% (614th of 1015)

Based on 29,256 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500630AS, ST350063 0A, ST350063 0AS, ST350063 ST3500630AS, Seagate ST3500630AS
Poor: 22%Average: 34.2% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB averaged 65.7% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.53MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB is 20.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 49.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 29,256 samples)
Rank 61434.2%
Min Avg Max
38 Read 59.9 74.2
23.3 Write 49.2 74.1
32 Mixed 44.1 52.4
27.5 SusWrite 59 76.3
39.2% 53 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.7
1 4K Write 1.53 2
0.4 4K Mixed 0.64 0.9
126% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
426GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 74 76 75 77 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 56
Write 53.5
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 75.4
43% 58.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: 3.ADG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 60 58 59 60 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 65.3
Write 71.6
Mixed 49
SusWrite 59.9
45% 61.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 51 52 53 53 MB/s
35.3% Below average
Read 70.4
Write 26.6
Mixed 42.2
SusWrite 52.1
35% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 51 52 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 69.5
Write 33.5
Mixed 46
SusWrite 50.4
37% 49.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 3.CHN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 44 44 45 44 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 68.8
Write 26.7
Mixed 35.4
SusWrite 44.4
32% 43.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
121% 0.97 MB/s
285GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AHG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 45 38 46 49 49 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 61.2
Write 59.2
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 44.1
38% 51.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,102x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,631x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,098x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples851x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $322

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 Comments

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GBR-User
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5,908

Excellent

4 years ago.

15 years old and still zero SMART errors; been running 24/7 for the last 6 years or so (running Debian Linux). I should probably move to another drive, since my computer still boots from this one, but I also kind of want to see how much longer it lasts.

NZL-User
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2,186

Excellent

3 years ago.

Still running after over 14 years of use

evander321
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50

Average

4 years ago.

Its quite loud but gets the job done.

guythatwrite
Avatar level
16

Good

2 years ago.

It's extremely loud and dosen't have good read/writing speeds. Being over 13 years old it's very good. I had mine running with 45k hours and still the only thing wrong with it is 1 bad sector.

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