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Seagate

ST3500630NS EIT 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 37.1% (555th of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3500630NS EIT
Poor: 22%Average: 37.1% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500630NS EIT 500GB averaged 62.8% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500630NS EIT 500GB is just 19.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500630NS EIT 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 64.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 55537.1%
Min Avg Max
20.5 Read 64.4 73.5
52.2 Write 67 74.9
25.9 Mixed 47.7 62.8
46 SusWrite 65.2 76
45.1% 61.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.63 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.36 1.9
0.35 4K Mixed 0.63 0.9
122% 0.87 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 77 77 76 76 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 68
Write 52.2
Mixed 47.2
SusWrite 76
45% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: 3.AER
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s
40.7% Average
Read 67.4
Write 74.9
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 73.9
49% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1.03 MB/s
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 70 68 72 69 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 73.3
Write 74.8
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 67.6
47% 64.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 67 67 66 69 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 73.5
Write 73.5
Mixed 46.1
SusWrite 66.3
48% 64.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AEH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 65 65 66 70 70 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 71
Write 69.7
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 64.8
47% 63.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 56 68 56 64 48 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 20.5
Write 62.5
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 54.5
30% 40.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
66% 0.43 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,509,609 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3500630NS EIT 500GB Builds (Compare 2,196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 26%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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System: Asus K30AD_M31AD_M51AD

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples420x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples398x
Core i7-4790SIntel  $60Bench 72%, 13,224 samples352x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples164x
GTX 750Nvidia  $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples156x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples142x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples45x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples39x
RAM
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 55%, 9,947 samples222x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 43%, 3,029 samples216x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 30%, 12,268 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $328

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