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Seagate

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%
247GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 162 162 163 161 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 141
Write 148
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 162
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 151 146 158 152 172 MB/s
85.9% Excellent
Read 149
Write 176
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 151
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
113% 0.83 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 150 151 149 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 140
Write 146
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 150
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.9 MB/s
261GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 145 146 146 149 147 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 132
Write 141
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 144
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.93 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 129 129 130 127 121 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 119
Write 126
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 125
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.9 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 121 123 123 121 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 113
Write 122
Mixed 63.4
SusWrite 122
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.77 MB/s
445GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 170 169 168 169 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 21
Write 163
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 168
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.03 MB/s
411GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 92 15 121 92 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 73.5
Write 119
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 90.8
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.2
50% 0.43 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 samples1,966x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples998x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples989x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples2,007x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples706x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples486x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples267x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples264x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples600x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples585x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples242x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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