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Seagate

ST31000340AS 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.8% (347th of 1015)

Based on 4,495 user benchmarks.  Models: ST31000340AS, ST310003 40AS, ST310003 ST31000340AS
Poor: 29%Average: 47.8% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB averaged 52.2% 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 0.74MB/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 31.1%. 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 47.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,495 samples)
Rank 34747.8%
Min Avg Max
49.2 Read 84.9 106
7.5 Write 47.8 101
18.5 Mixed 42.9 55.3
41.5 SusWrite 81.4 106
47.1% 64.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.72 0.8
0.9 4K Write 1.5 1.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.74 1
140% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: SD81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 109 108 109 109 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 103
Write 13.4
Mixed 49
SusWrite 108
50% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: LC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 98 99 100 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 97.6
Write 36.9
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 98.9
49% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
107% 0.8 MB/s
723GB free
Firmware: SD1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 50 52 52 52 MB/s
27% Poor
Read 41.9
Write 13.2
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 51.5
26% 35 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
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Typical ST31000340AS 1TB Builds (Compare 5,863 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 94%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $160Bench 85%, 376,388 samples2,809x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 88%, 234,129 samples631x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $139Bench 78%, 426,983 samples475x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $370Bench 106%, 165,938 samples523x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 70%, 81,321 samples452x
RX 580AMD  $160Bench 57%, 467,347 samples416x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 293%, 156,796 samples209x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $101Bench 252%, 55,075 samples163x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 109%, 356,825 samples161x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 247,633 samples561x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 71,208 samples294x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $83Bench 84%, 120,559 samples259x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $690

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