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ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 73.8% (114th of 1015)

Based on 1,233 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500VM000-1SD101, ST500VM000-1SD10, ST500VM0 ST500VM000-1SD10
Poor: 34%Average: 73.8% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB averaged 26.1% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB is 66.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.18MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,233 samples)
Rank 11473.8%
Min Avg Max
50.3 Read 133 176
63.8 Write 132 172
31.4 Mixed 60 74
48.2 SusWrite 124 175
82.1% 112 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.72 0.9
0.5 4K Write 1.18 1.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.59 0.8
117% 0.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
447GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 176 176 176 176 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 176
Mixed 77
SusWrite 176
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1 MB/s
372GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 161 164 165 162 163 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 154
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 152
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.93 MB/s
144GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 105 105 107 107 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 138
Write 126
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 105
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
90GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 89 89 88 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 153
Write 157
Mixed 74
SusWrite 88.9
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 0.97 MB/s
130GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 59 48 53 125 127 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 137
Write 115
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 82
71% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
111% 0.83 MB/s
682GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 104 106 103 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 106
Mixed 56
SusWrite 105
68% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
111% 0.87 MB/s
254GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 113 114 117 116 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 72.7
Write 70.8
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 113
55% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Intel H61

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples2,009x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,023x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples998x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples2,036x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples723x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples492x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples274x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples267x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples621x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples595x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples243x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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