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ST3750840AS 750GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 34.3% (612th of 1015)

Based on 797 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3750840AS, ST375084 0AS, ST375084 ST3750840AS
Poor: 21%Average: 34.3% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3750840AS 750GB averaged 65.7% 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 Read Speed 0.57MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3750840AS 750GB is 21.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3750840AS 750GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 41.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 797 samples)
Rank 61234.3%
Min Avg Max
37.3 Read 62.7 75.4
17.5 Write 41.9 70
26.3 Mixed 40.8 49.5
25.6 SusWrite 56.4 72.9
37.2% 50.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.57 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.01 1.3
0.29 4K Mixed 0.56 0.7
104% 0.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
404GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 71 70 72 71 MB/s
43% Average
Read 80.5
Write 40
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 69.1
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.83 MB/s
699GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 71 74 73 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 76
Write 41.9
Mixed 48.6
SusWrite 71.7
44% 59.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.73 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 67.9
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 67.5
46% 62.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 44 44 44 44 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 83.7
Write 38.8
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 44.2
40% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
92% 0.73 MB/s
543GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 58 58 59 62 64 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 58.1
Write 60.7
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 58.1
40% 54.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
86% 0.67 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 78.4
Write 22.7
Mixed 38
SusWrite 37.5
33% 44.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.7 MB/s
434GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 0 0 MB/s
30.1% Below average
Read 103
Write 33.9
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 1.8
35% 46.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.77 MB/s
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Typical ST3750840AS 750GB Builds (Compare 6,558 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples4,363x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples342x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples940x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples893x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples228x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples483x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples224x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $966

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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