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Seagate

ST3500631NS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 33.7% (627th of 1015)

Based on 193 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500631NS, ST350063 1NS, ST350063 ST3500631NS
Poor: 20%Average: 33.7% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500631NS 500GB averaged 66.3% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.44MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500631NS 500GB is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500631NS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 56.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 193 samples)
Rank 62733.7%
Min Avg Max
32 Read 59.9 76.4
26.1 Write 60.1 78
20.6 Mixed 41.2 68.4
24.2 SusWrite 56.3 76.4
40.1% 54.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.58 0.7
0.57 4K Write 1.44 1.9
0.17 4K Mixed 0.49 0.8
105% 0.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
401GB free
Firmware: 4FSC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 73 73 73 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 69.5
Write 74.6
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 73.4
49% 66.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 4FSC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 68 68 68 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 74
Write 74
Mixed 44.7
SusWrite 67.2
48% 65 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
404GB free
Firmware: 4FSC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 46 59 70 73 MB/s
38.4% Below average
Read 69
Write 75.2
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 64.2
47% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
133% 1.1 MB/s
208GB free
Firmware: 4AEN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 57 60 62 63 64 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 70.2
Write 72.9
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 59.2
46% 62 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: 4AEN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 61 62 63 63 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 67
Write 71.1
Mixed 44.1
SusWrite 60.2
45% 60.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 6FSC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 53 58 57 55 57 MB/s
32.2% Below average
Read 56.1
Write 61.6
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 55.9
40% 54.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
146% 0.83 MB/s
194GB free
Firmware: 4FSC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 43 43 43 44 43 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 64.3
Write 60.4
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 40.8
38% 52 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.9 MB/s
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Typical ST3500631NS 500GB Builds (Compare 922 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z240 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples360x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples109x
Xeon E3-1225 v5IntelBench 74%, 3,017 samples105x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples215x
Quadro K620Nvidia  $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples101x
Quadro K1200NvidiaBench 13%, 4,005 samples78x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples49x
320 Series 300GBIntel  $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples35x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples20x
RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 553 samples47x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples40x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180

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