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ST31000340AS 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.7% (350th of 1015)

Based on 6,335 user benchmarks.  Models: ST31000340AS, ST310003 40AS, ST310003 ST31000340AS
Poor: 29%Average: 47.7% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB averaged 52.3% 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 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.72MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB is 31.4%. 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 49.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,335 samples)
Rank 35047.7%
Min Avg Max
48.8 Read 84.9 106
7.3 Write 49.1 101
18.5 Mixed 42.9 56.2
40.8 SusWrite 81.1 106
47.3% 64.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.72 0.8
0.8 4K Write 1.5 1.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.75 1
141% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
535GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 91 88 87 88 87 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 103
Write 98.8
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 86
62% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 85 85 86 85 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 90.4
Write 92.9
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 85.6
58% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
57GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 52 52 52 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 49
Write 12.2
Mixed 28
SusWrite 51.1
26% 35.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 93%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $228Bench 84%, 582,867 samples23,603x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 87%, 368,763 samples7,448x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $260Bench 85%, 173,902 samples6,173x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 273,482 samples6,281x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 122%, 339,205 samples5,985x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 74%, 152,873 samples3,676x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $53Bench 107%, 442,410 samples2,118x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 289%, 216,719 samples1,784x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 269%, 253,586 samples1,651x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 86%, 331,692 samples6,028x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 85%, 161,363 samples2,856x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $64Bench 86%, 179,382 samples2,567x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $860

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Intel Core i5-9400F $150Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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