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ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 63.5% (173rd of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: ST310005 24NS 45W
Poor: 53%Average: 63.5% Great: 73%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB averaged 36.4% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB is 20.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 87.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 17363.5%
Min Avg Max
77 Read 112 141
70.5 Write 108 127
52.5 Mixed 87.2 117
77.2 SusWrite 112 128
77.5% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.72 0.9
1.53 4K Write 1.9 2.2
0.31 4K Mixed 0.65 1
137% 1.09 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
859GB free
Firmware: BB26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 125 129 127 128 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 141
Write 117
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 127
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.2 MB/s
755GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 113 116 115 120 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 124
Write 120
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 116
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
186% 1.3 MB/s
459GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 105 111 109 113 108 MB/s
62.6% Good
Read 108
Write 105
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 109
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
337GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 88 85 85 MB/s
48.2% Average
Read 81.5
Write 72.3
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 85.9
54% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
180GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 78 78 78 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 77
Write 70.5
Mixed 52.5
SusWrite 77.2
51% 69.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.33 MB/s
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Typical ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB Builds (Compare 778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples344x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples119x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples50x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples56x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples54x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples47x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples20x
RAM
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples12x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $463

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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