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Seagate

ST3500820AS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 45.9% (395th of 1015)

Based on 2,727 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500820AS, ST350082 ST3500820AS, ST350082 0AS
Poor: 28%Average: 45.9% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB averaged 54.1% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.23MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB is 32.8%. 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 41.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,727 samples)
Rank 39545.9%
Min Avg Max
47 Read 82.7 106
11.5 Write 41.5 101
19.4 Mixed 41.8 54.2
29.4 SusWrite 77.2 106
44.7% 60.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.52 0.6
0.72 4K Write 1.23 1.8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
111% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: SD25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 107 108 107 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 108
Write 103
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 106
68% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.67 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: SD25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 100 99 99 99 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 96.8
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 98.6
63% 85.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SD81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 83 84 98 97 94 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 107
Write 104
Mixed 52.5
SusWrite 86.6
64% 87.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SD45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 40 63 80 74 86 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 93.5
Write 85.3
Mixed 48
SusWrite 66.1
54% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,991,271 HDDs tested.

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Typical ST3500820AS 500GB Builds (Compare 7,067 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R - $210

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $297Bench 48%, 23,683 samples2,266x
Core i7 930Intel  $100Bench 45%, 16,695 samples1,667x
Core i7-920Intel  $266Bench 43%, 45,867 samples676x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples529x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples416x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $149Bench 32%, 442,720 samples311x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 520,826 samples362x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples300x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 96%, 129,075 samples159x
RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 25,458 samples1,303x
3x2GBUnknownBench 33%, 32,465 samples972x
3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 26,370 samples919x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 34% - Below average Total price: $1,010

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Intel Core i5-9400F $155Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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