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Seagate

ST3500820AS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 46.9% (356th of 1015)

Based on 4,420 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500820AS, ST350082 ST3500820AS, ST350082 0AS
Poor: 28%Average: 46.9% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB averaged 53.0% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.29MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB is 31.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 43MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,420 samples)
Rank 35646.9%
Min Avg Max
50.3 Read 84.1 106
9.64 Write 43 101
20.1 Mixed 42.9 54.2
25.3 SusWrite 79.3 106
45.8% 62.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.53 0.6
0.6 4K Write 1.29 1.9
0.3 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
114% 0.81 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
763GB free
Firmware: SD81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 194 195 193 192 194 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 187
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 193
116% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.7 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 87 87 87 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 207
Write 12.2
Mixed 45
SusWrite 85.8
64% 87.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: SD04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 66 67 67 68 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 204
Write 13.9
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 66.7
62% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: SD15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 92 94 93 95 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 104
Write 98.5
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 93.2
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,021x
Core i7-2600Intel  $196Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,564x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples931x
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 samples1,039x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples820x
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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