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Seagate

ST3500641AS Q 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 27.6% (803rd of 1014)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3500641AS Q
Poor: 21%Average: 27.6% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500641AS Q 500GB averaged 72.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500641AS Q 500GB is just 12.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500641AS Q 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 80327.6%
Min Avg Max
11 Read 49.7 59.3
21 Write 50.1 58.8
18.8 Mixed 34.6 55
15.2 SusWrite 44.8 60.3
33% 44.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.54 0.7
0.23 4K Write 0.95 1.3
0.05 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
102% 0.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
225GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 53 53 54 53 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 55.4
Write 49.1
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 53.5
36% 49.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.73 MB/s
322GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 51 49 51 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 56
Write 53.6
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 49.9
36% 48.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 51 52 52 53 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 47.6
Write 54.9
Mixed 37.4
SusWrite 51.8
35% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
90GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 38 38 38 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 49.3
Write 54.8
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 38.6
33% 44.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
113% 0.7 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 39 40 40 40 MB/s
23.3% Poor
Read 40.8
Write 44
Mixed 34
SusWrite 40.2
29% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 32 48 20 17 26 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 51.1
Write 52.2
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 29.5
31% 41.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: 3.BTA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 39 38 39 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 36.6
Write 47.6
Mixed 31
SusWrite 39.5
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples368x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples310x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples149x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples141x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples96x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples89x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples51x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples39x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples38x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples108x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples101x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $396

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