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ST250LM000 HM251HI 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 32.8% (655th of 1015)

Based on 75 user benchmarks.  Model: ST250LM000 HM251HI
Poor: 17%Average: 32.8% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST250LM000 HM251HI 250GB averaged 67.2% 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 0.56MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.24MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST250LM000 HM251HI 250GB is 27.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST250LM000 HM251HI 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 47.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 75 samples)
Rank 65532.8%
Min Avg Max
10.2 Read 58.9 78.6
9.2 Write 47.4 81.2
10.2 Mixed 38 52.7
18.7 SusWrite 53.4 81.1
36.4% 49.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.38 0.5
0.34 4K Write 1.24 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.56 0.9
100% 0.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
172GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 65 65 65 65 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 208
Write 14
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 64.8
61% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.63 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 199
Write 17.4
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 67.2
64% 86.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 65 65 65 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 114
Write 21.5
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 64.5
46% 62.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 59 73 76 76 76 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 66.6
Write 16
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 65.2
31% 42.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
72% 0.47 MB/s
187GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 79 79 81 82 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 39.1
Write 4.5
Mixed 7.2
SusWrite 80.4
24% 32.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
93% 0.63 MB/s
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 49 69 67 71 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 52
Write 59.5
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 65.6
40% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.57 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 45 44 45 45 MB/s
31.8% Below average
Read 65.9
Write 62
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 44.6
40% 54 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 46 45 45 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 55.2
Write 55.5
Mixed 38
SusWrite 45
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 42 55 63 70 71 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 38.4
Write 13.3
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 59.1
25% 34.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
77% 0.43 MB/s
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Typical ST250LM000 HM251HI 250GB Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 34%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel powered classmate PC

CPU
Celeron 847Intel  $259Bench 34%, 3,990 samples28x
Celeron N2805IntelBench 26%, 291 samples21x
Celeron N2808IntelBench 31%, 698 samples17x
GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 90,156 samples52x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples29x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples4x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples3x
U110 32GBSandiskBench 33%, 68 samples2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples1x
RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples27x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples18x
M471B5674QH0-YK0 1x2GBSamsungBench 17%, 2,147 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 33% - Below average Total price: $287

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