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Seagate

ST3250823NS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 29.5% (743rd of 1014)

Based on 55 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3250823NS
Poor: 19%Average: 29.5% Great: 38%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3250823NS 250GB averaged 70.4% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250823NS 250GB is just 19.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250823NS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 31.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)
Rank 74329.5%
Min Avg Max
30.7 Read 54.8 67.1
11.2 Write 31.3 60.9
21.2 Mixed 34.8 44.6
15.7 SusWrite 46.4 66.8
31% 41.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 0.63 0.7
0.38 4K Write 0.88 1.2
0.23 4K Mixed 0.6 0.82
109% 0.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 5.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 65 65 64 65 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 203
Write 15.5
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 64.5
61% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
9GB free
Firmware: 5.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 44 38 45 40 44 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 155
Write 13.7
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 41.5
46% 62.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.77 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: 5.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 59.9
Write 62.3
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 52.7
40% 54 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.73 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: 5.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 41 41 42 42 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 62.7
Write 51.3
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 40.6
36% 48.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: 5.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 38 39 39 38 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 57.1
Write 58.3
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 37.6
35% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.7 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 5.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 MB/s
19.4% Very poor
Read 67
Write 11.7
Mixed 34
SusWrite 0.4
21% 28.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,223 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3250823NS 250GB Builds (Compare 818 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples245x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples241x
Core i7-2600Intel  $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples82x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples60x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples53x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples45x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples27x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $795

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