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ST3300655SS 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 57.3% (215th of 1015)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST3300655SS
Poor: 41%Average: 57.3% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST3300655SS 300GB averaged 42.6% 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 1.09MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.23MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3300655SS 300GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3300655SS 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 86.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 81.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 21557.3%
Min Avg Max
69.8 Read 107 124
48.3 Write 95.6 122
46.8 Mixed 81.2 117
37.6 SusWrite 86.3 123
68.5% 92.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.23 1.5
0.45 4K Write 2.17 3.2
0.41 4K Mixed 1.09 1.5
212% 1.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: A005
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 120 123 123 124 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 124
Write 122
Mixed 74.7
SusWrite 123
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.5
288% 2.07 MB/s
276GB free
Firmware: S512
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 123
Write 122
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 123
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.6
300% 2.1 MB/s
279GB free
Firmware: A005
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 119 122 122 122 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 124
Write 121
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 121
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.5
288% 2.07 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 122 121 122 122 MB/s
70% Very good
Read 122
Write 122
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 121
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.5
284% 2.03 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S527
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 84 68 84 85 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 107
Write 99.9
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 83.5
66% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.3
243% 1.67 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: 0006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 52 51 52 52 MB/s
40% Average
Read 87.8
Write 50.2
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 51.3
45% 60.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.2
210% 1.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,337,191 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3300655SS 300GB Builds (Compare 1,108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 25%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T7500

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples163x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples88x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples74x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples61x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples54x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples51x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples19x
M4 64GBCrucial  $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples19x
RAM
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples126x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples126x
12x4GBUnknownBench 52%, 970 samples108x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $87

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