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ST9160418ASG 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 32.4% (663rd of 1015)

Based on 89 user benchmarks.  Model: ST9160418ASG
Poor: 14%Average: 32.4% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST9160418ASG 160GB averaged 67.5% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.05MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9160418ASG 160GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9160418ASG 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 89 samples)
Rank 66332.4%
Min Avg Max
12 Read 57.6 78.3
19.8 Write 56.9 79
11.9 Mixed 41.2 67.6
15.2 SusWrite 53.2 80.8
38.6% 52.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.17 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.6 4K Write 1.05 1.3
0.16 4K Mixed 0.51 0.8
94.1% 0.66 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
61GB free
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 72 72 MB/s
43% Average
Read 78.4
Write 76.5
Mixed 45.6
SusWrite 71.2
50% 67.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 76 77 70 76 77 MB/s
40% Average
Read 66.1
Write 55.6
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 73.3
42% 57.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 56 76 61 75 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 74.3
Write 49.1
Mixed 43.6
SusWrite 62.9
42% 57.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 65 64 63 67 65 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 73
Write 79.4
Mixed 46.9
SusWrite 63.5
48% 65.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 60 59 55 65 57 MB/s
35.4% Below average
Read 65
Write 35.8
Mixed 44.9
SusWrite 58.3
38% 51 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.1 9.3 9.8 12 24 MB/s
16% Very poor
Read 43.8
Write 8.8
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 11.9
16% 20.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
47% 0.27 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEC7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 39 6.9 22 49 MB/s
14.6% Very poor
Read 9.3
Write 13.5
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 41.1
19% 24.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Dell Latitude E6400

CPU
Core2 Duo P8600Intel  $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel  $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples13x
Core2 Duo P8700Intel  $42Bench 37%, 7,366 samples11x
GPU
Quadro NVS 160MNvidiaBench 1%, 1,458 samples52x
Mobile Series 4 Express Chipset FamilyIntelBench 0%, 23,924 samples5x
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M(pe64)Bench 0%, 1 sample1x
SSD
120GB 120GBXraydiskBench 60%, 543 samples2x
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples2x
X25-M 160GBIntelBench 36%, 7,078 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples42x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples6x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $42

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