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ST31000340AS 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.3% (361st of 1015)

Based on 4,777 user benchmarks.  Models: ST31000340AS, ST310003 40AS, ST310003 ST31000340AS
Poor: 29%Average: 47.3% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB averaged 52.6% 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 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.73MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB is 30.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 44.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,777 samples)
Rank 36147.3%
Min Avg Max
47.5 Read 83.6 106
7.5 Write 44.3 100
17.7 Mixed 42.2 55.5
47.3 SusWrite 81.1 106
46.1% 62.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.73 0.8
0.9 4K Write 1.51 1.9
0.4 4K Mixed 0.75 1
142% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 104 103 103 101 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 88.4
Write 11.7
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 102
44% 60.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
239GB free
Firmware: SD1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 90 89 91 90 MB/s
49% Average
Read 80.8
Write 82.2
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 89.5
56% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
327GB free
Firmware: SD1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 62 64 64 63 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 85.9
Write 81.8
Mixed 49
SusWrite 62.9
51% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,734,915 HDDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $236Bench 58%, 90,009 samples2,529x
Core i7-3770Intel  $198Bench 64%, 148,247 samples2,525x
Core i5-2400Intel  $90Bench 55%, 82,944 samples1,796x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples2,130x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 79,114 samples1,927x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples1,455x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 507,744 samples1,141x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 65,187 samples765x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 67%, 111,592 samples756x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 273,549 samples2,186x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 115,207 samples1,510x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 92,032 samples718x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $451

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