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ST300MP0005 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 79.4% (82nd of 1015)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST300MP0005
Poor: 69%Average: 79.4% Great: 118%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST300MP0005 300GB averaged 20.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST300MP0005 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.67MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST300MP0005 300GB is 48.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST300MP0005 300GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 69MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 8279.4%
Min Avg Max
43.2 Read 189 228
10.7 Write 86.3 222
61.2 Mixed 102 205
45.9 SusWrite 69 81.3
82.7% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.5 4K Read 2.67 3.17
0.7 4K Write 1.48 5.5
0.6 4K Mixed 1.36 2.2
290% 1.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
137GB free
Firmware: VT31
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 79 79 79 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 223
Write 78.5
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 78.9
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.6
323% 1.93 MB/s
123GB free
Firmware: VT31
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 71 77 78 78 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 193
Write 77.6
Mixed 95.3
SusWrite 76.7
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.5
301% 1.8 MB/s
143GB free
Firmware: N002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 28 66 45 39 64 MB/s
38.8% Below average
Read 85.3
Write 40.4
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 50
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.2
154% 0.73 MB/s
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Typical ST300MP0005 300GB Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 7910

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples61x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples58x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v31stBench 64%, 1,710 samples48x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples102x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples71x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples70x
SSD
CT1000P3SSD8 1TBBench 268%, 44,174 samples68x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples29x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples29x
RAM
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 8x8GBMicronBench 112%, 172 samples40x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-UH 8x8GBHynixBench 112%, 137 samples34x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 8x8GBHynixBench 109%, 271 samples33x
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