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ST320LT000-9VL142 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 43.7% (433rd of 1015)

Based on 103 user benchmarks.  Models: ST320LT000-9VL142, ST320LT0 00-9VL142
Poor: 27%Average: 43.7% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST320LT000-9VL142 320GB averaged 56.2% 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 0.56MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.5MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST320LT000-9VL142 320GB is 30.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST320LT000-9VL142 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.89MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 103 samples)
Rank 43343.7%
Min Avg Max
28.8 Read 79.6 104
33.5 Write 76.2 101
20.1 Mixed 50.1 79.5
25.8 SusWrite 71.7 102
51% 69.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.5 0.6
0.7 4K Write 0.89 1.1
0.28 4K Mixed 0.56 0.8
99.8% 0.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 95 94 96 96 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 84.1
Write 85.5
Mixed 51.3
SusWrite 93.9
58% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 74 87 78 91 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 71.9
Write 82.4
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 82.2
53% 71.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.7 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 89 94 95 93 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 58.1
Write 71.2
Mixed 44
SusWrite 92.3
49% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
222GB free
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 83 101 101 101 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 39.1
Write 87.2
Mixed 53.9
SusWrite 97.3
51% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 18 37 72 64 70 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 82.7
Write 77.7
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 48.2
47% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
270GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003LVM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 61 45 9.7 0.5 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 76
Write 39.5
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 40.2
38% 51.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.63 MB/s
251GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 17 26 22 MB/s
10% Very poor
Read 15.4
Write 33.3
Mixed 19.7
SusWrite 19.2
16% 21.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming 0%
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Desktop 0%
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Workstation 0%
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System: Lenovo 4290A47

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Core i5-2540MIntel  $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples2x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples2x
RAM
EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 1x4GBElpidaBench 25%, 6,552 samples2x
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