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Seagate

ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 87.6% (35th of 1015)

Based on 73 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500NM0003-9ZM172, ST500NM0003-9ZM1
Poor: 70%Average: 87.6% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB averaged just 12.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.34MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB is 34.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 87.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)
Rank 3587.6%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 153 182
111 Write 147 176
61.8 Mixed 87.5 141
112 SusWrite 154 182
99.3% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.67 4K Read 1.34 1.8
1.8 4K Write 2.47 3.2
0.41 4K Mixed 0.97 1.2
210% 1.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
373GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 170 169 171 169 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 160
Mixed 87.2
SusWrite 169
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
240% 1.9 MB/s
376GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 172 173 174 173 MB/s
97.6% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 171
Mixed 82.6
SusWrite 172
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
230% 1.8 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 155 157 159 157 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 157
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 156
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.6 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 141 141 136 142 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 164
Write 147
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 141
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
243% 1.7 MB/s
368GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 155 147 154 155 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 140
Write 124
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 153
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.47 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 122 122 121 121 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 134
Write 123
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 120
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
233% 1.7 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: GA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 12 11 9.4 12 8.9 MB/s
5.68% Terrible
Read 9.2
Write 11
Mixed 10.9
SusWrite 10.4
8% 10.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
44% 0.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,334,767 HDDs tested

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Typical ST500NM0003-9ZM172 500GB Builds (Compare 6,395 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-P - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,057x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,063x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples762x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples842x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples826x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples544x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples247x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples138x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples312x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples256x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $645

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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