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ST9250610NS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 48.5% (327th of 1015)

Based on 200 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9250610NS, ST925061 0NS
Poor: 30%Average: 48.5% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST9250610NS 250GB averaged 51.5% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.83MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9250610NS 250GB is 32.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST9250610NS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 77.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 200 samples)
Rank 32748.5%
Min Avg Max
53.5 Read 88.3 112
40.2 Write 85.1 109
26.3 Mixed 58.9 94.9
29.1 SusWrite 77.6 108
57.1% 77.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.8 1
1.1 4K Write 1.83 2.25
0.4 4K Mixed 0.83 1.2
159% 1.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: AA0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 101 107 105 105 MB/s
62.1% Good
Read 111
Write 112
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 105
72% 98.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
191% 1.23 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: SN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 108 107 108 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 107
Write 112
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 108
72% 98.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
184% 1.27 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: FTA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 101 105 105 105 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 104
Write 106
Mixed 66.9
SusWrite 104
70% 95.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
184% 1.23 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: AA0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 103 102 104 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 99.5
Write 100
Mixed 63
SusWrite 103
67% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
197% 1.33 MB/s
120GB free
Firmware: AA0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 37 37 37 37 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 125
Write 37.8
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 36.5
43% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 0.87 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AA0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 56 39 47 42 MB/s
26.4% Poor
Read 45
Write 69.1
Mixed 36.4
SusWrite 46.6
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.9 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AA03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 46 56 48 43 64 MB/s
25.7% Poor
Read 37.8
Write 71.2
Mixed 40.6
SusWrite 51.5
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Fujitsu ESPRIMO E410

CPU
Core i3-3220Intel  $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples22x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples8x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples8x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples30x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples6x
Radeon R5 240AMDBench 5%, 4,978 samples4x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
Series SATA SSD 240GBVBench 70%, 4,398 samples5x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples3x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 29%, 7,230 samples6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,969 samples4x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 7,599 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $107

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