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ST1000DM003 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 79.8% (81st of 1015)

Based on 146 user benchmarks.  Model: ST1000DM003
Poor: 44%Average: 79.8% Great: 107%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB averaged 20.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 140MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB is 62.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.42MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 146 samples)
Rank 8179.8%
Min Avg Max
61.2 Read 140 187
66.6 Write 134 172
36.1 Mixed 69.4 92.2
82.5 SusWrite 137 192
87.9% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 0.76 0.9
0.7 4K Write 1.42 2.2
0.25 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
136% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: SC12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 176 177 178 174 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 163
Mixed 81.6
SusWrite 176
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
723GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 154 145 155 154 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 148
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 153
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
861GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 134 137 138 137 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 169
Write 160
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 137
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
502GB free
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 171 174 173 175 177 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 131
Write 98.7
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 172
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
506GB free
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 141 146 145 146 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 158
Write 126
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 144
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 169 170 173 158 172 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 128
Write 126
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 166
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.83 MB/s
529GB free
Firmware: SC12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 135 134 135 134 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 135
Write 141
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 134
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
792GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 123 124 131 132 127 MB/s
74.6% Very good
Read 132
Write 142
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 128
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.77 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 99 94 98 99 MB/s
60.8% Good
Read 114
Write 127
Mixed 62
SusWrite 97.4
73% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
120% 0.87 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,349,707 HDDs tested

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Typical ST1000DM003 1TB Builds (Compare 16,493 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $88

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,598x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,697x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,086x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,286x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples982x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples671x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples420x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples346x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $436

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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