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ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 59% (200th of 1015)

Based on 10,272 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500DM005 HD502HJ, ST500DM0 05 HD502HJ, ST500DM005 HD502, ST500DM0 05
Poor: 33%Average: 59% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB averaged 41.0% 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 1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.56MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB is 43.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 85.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,272 samples)
Rank 20059%
Min Avg Max
35.2 Read 102 134
23.6 Write 85.4 138
28.7 Mixed 60.6 72
35.9 SusWrite 103 138
64.5% 87.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.64 0.7
1 4K Write 2.56 3.37
0.5 4K Mixed 1 1.2
185% 1.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
251GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 100 100 100 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 203
Write 26.1
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 99.3
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
192% 1.5 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 115 116 116 116 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 152
Write 26.5
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 116
68% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
211% 1.5 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 136 136 136 135 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 129
Write 35.5
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 135
70% 95 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.47 MB/s
456GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 134 129 131 130 131 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 146
Mixed 72
SusWrite 133
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
318GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 133 130 133 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 116
Write 121
Mixed 66
SusWrite 133
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
214% 1.57 MB/s
135GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 96 99 98 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 128
Write 135
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 97.5
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.53 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 95 94 96 95 MB/s
54.3% Above average
Read 93.5
Write 93.8
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 95.3
63% 85.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
191% 1.4 MB/s
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Typical ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB Builds (Compare 24,249 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel  $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,566x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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