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Seagate

STM9120817AS 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 21.8% (952nd of 1015)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Models: STM9120817AS, STM91208 17AS
Poor: 7%Average: 21.8% Great: 30%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate STM9120817AS 120GB averaged 78.2% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.41MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate STM9120817AS 120GB is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate STM9120817AS 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 33.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 95221.8%
Min Avg Max
7.5 Read 40.9 59.4
11.3 Write 40.1 59.5
9.8 Mixed 29.2 56.3
11.1 SusWrite 33.1 48.6
26.5% 35.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.2 4K Write 0.76 1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
83.9% 0.55 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 21 35 41 49 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 50.8
Write 52.2
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 37.7
33% 44.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 31 31 33 31 MB/s
25.2% Poor
Read 55.6
Write 57.8
Mixed 38
SusWrite 32.1
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 18 23 24 42 47 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 45.5
Write 48.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 29.5
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
98% 0.6 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 15 33 34 33 33 MB/s
20.5% Poor
Read 42.8
Write 39.5
Mixed 29
SusWrite 28.3
26% 34.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.63 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 18 25 17 19 MB/s
8.14% Terrible
Read 9.8
Write 9.2
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 18.5
9% 11.8 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
32% 0.23 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 26 21 21 7.7 10 MB/s
7.24% Terrible
Read 7.5
Write 19.3
Mixed 9.8
SusWrite 17.7
10% 13.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
30% 0.17 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 14 4.4 4.1 MB/s
6.2% Terrible
Read 10.4
Write 18.1
Mixed 11.7
SusWrite 11.1
10% 12.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
34% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Aspire E1-531

CPU
Pentium B960IntelBench 44%, 13,355 samples159x
Celeron B830IntelBench 43%, 3,455 samples47x
Celeron 1000MIntelBench 42%, 3,569 samples43x
GPU
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples261x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples116x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples24x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
S280 240GBKingdianBench 84%, 5,326 samples10x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples8x
RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-CG 1x4GBNanyaBench 25%, 3,468 samples26x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 3,609 samples24x
ACR16D3LS1NGG/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 2,133 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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