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ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 49.6% (307th of 1015)

more Based on 5,890 user benchmarks.  Models: ST5000LM000-2AN170, ST5000LM 000-2AN170, ST5000LM000-2U81, ST5000LM000-2AN1, ST5000LM000-2U8170, ST5000LM ST5000LM000-2AN1, ST5000LM 000-2U8170
Poor: 31%Average: 49.6% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB averaged 50.3% 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 Write Speed 3.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.61MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB is 33%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 66.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,890 samples)
Rank 30749.6%
Min Avg Max
40.9 Read 66.6 95.4
49.8 Write 95.5 123
28.6 Mixed 57.1 68.5
58.1 SusWrite 105 133
59.7% 81.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.67 1
2.5 4K Write 3.99 6.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
170% 1.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 112 112 111 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 97.4
Write 98.9
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 112
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
183% 1.8 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 127 132 128 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 70
Write 123
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 130
72% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 2.03 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 121 116 120 124 120 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 83.7
Write 78
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 115
63% 85.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.6
162% 1.7 MB/s
718GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 105 103 105 102 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 57.6
Write 91.6
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 103
58% 78.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.5
153% 1.83 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 82 89 95 95 95 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 65.2
Write 116
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 91
61% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.6
170% 1.77 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 51 83 43 80 63 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 16.7
Write 38.5
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 62.6
28% 37.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
24% 0.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,602,584 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 144%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $230Bench 97%, 550,833 samples9,419x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples6,373x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $135Bench 93%, 321,194 samples4,237x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,009x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,940x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,638x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,602x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $147Bench 297%, 331,647 samples1,352x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples1,161x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,307x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples955x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples947x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $1,020

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