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Seagate

ST33000650NS 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 71% (123rd of 1015)

Based on 1,093 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST33000650NS
Poor: 45%Average: 71% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB averaged 28.9% 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 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.31MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,093 samples)
Rank 12371%
Min Avg Max
83.1 Read 127 153
72.4 Write 122 151
47 Mixed 66.3 77.5
65.3 SusWrite 120 151
79.8% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.88 1
1.7 4K Write 2.31 2.6
0.7 4K Mixed 1.02 1.1
192% 1.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 151 151 150 150 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 152
Write 150
Mixed 73
SusWrite 150
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 146 150 150 151 148 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 155
Write 149
Mixed 73.9
SusWrite 146
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 145 146 145 144 148 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 134
Write 128
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 146
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
206% 1.5 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 121 119 118 118 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 138
Write 130
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 119
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
832GB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 119 118 115 115 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 142
Write 143
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 116
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
471GB free
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 128 126 123 125 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 122
Write 122
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 125
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.47 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 54 49 19 55 MB/s
13.3% Very poor
Read 5
Write 70.5
Mixed 23.9
SusWrite 41.3
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0
24% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming 82%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 80%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,402x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples539x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples532x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples318x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples226x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples206x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples174x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples170x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples134x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples244x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples183x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $673

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