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ST3500830AS 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 35.6% (579th of 1015)

Based on 6,517 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500830AS, ST350083 0AS, ST350083 0A, ST350083 ST3500830AS
Poor: 23%Average: 35.6% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB averaged 64.4% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB is 20.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 44.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,517 samples)
Rank 57935.6%
Min Avg Max
40.9 Read 63.9 77
18.2 Write 44.8 73.1
28.7 Mixed 42.3 49.2
30.1 SusWrite 59.9 76.5
38.9% 52.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.7
0.9 4K Write 1.29 1.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
136% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
311GB free
Firmware: 3.AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 83.9
Write 41.8
Mixed 50
SusWrite 74.1
46% 62.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
452GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 75 75 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 83.3
Write 39.5
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 74.2
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
307GB free
Firmware: 3.AFE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 76.1
Write 75
Mixed 46.9
SusWrite 76.3
50% 68.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
45GB free
Firmware: 3.AFD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 37 38 36 41 40 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 106
Write 18.9
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 38.8
37% 49.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 0.87 MB/s
271GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 70 71 70 MB/s
41.2% Average
Read 73.6
Write 39
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 69.8
42% 57.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 66 66 68 67 MB/s
41.2% Average
Read 78.1
Write 34.6
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 65.2
41% 55 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
152% 0.9 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 58 59 58 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 57
Write 50.3
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 58.6
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
284GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 42 44 45 46 44 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 57.7
Write 48.4
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 44.2
35% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.63 MB/s
452GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 0 0 MB/s
22.1% Poor
Read 68.3
Write 72.7
Mixed 48
SusWrite 8.4
37% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 56%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples1,434x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,268x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples409x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples336x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples326x
SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples172x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples151x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples149x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples88x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples80x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples76x
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