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ST250DM0 01 HD253GJ 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 62% (180th of 1015)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: ST250DM0 01 HD253GJ
Poor: 46%Average: 62% Great: 75%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST250DM0 01 HD253GJ 250GB averaged 38.0% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.34MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST250DM0 01 HD253GJ 250GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST250DM0 01 HD253GJ 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 18062%
Min Avg Max
53.7 Read 108 136
28 Write 99.1 146
35.8 Mixed 82.3 131
51.2 SusWrite 102 134
72.3% 97.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.26 4K Read 0.54 0.8
0.71 4K Write 2.34 3.4
0.01 4K Mixed 0.65 1.3
138% 1.18 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 134 134 134 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 179
Write 28.5
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 134
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 102 123 127 130 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 131
Write 136
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 114
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.3
227% 1.63 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 1AJ1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 55 40 93 134 131 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 127
Write 37.3
Mixed 66
SusWrite 88.8
59% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.53 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 30 37 79 67 55 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 84.5
Write 79.9
Mixed 49
SusWrite 53
49% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples12x
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 42%, 3,508 samples8x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples7x
GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples7x
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples6x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SS D 128GBNetacBench 56%, 12 samples3x
SUV400S3712 120GBKingstonBench 34%, 503 samples3x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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