Seagate

ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB

ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
BENCHMARKS (145,911)
MKT (1%)
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Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -27%Read -51%, Write -14%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -10%Read -25%, Write -11%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment -122%User Rating -19%, Market Share -225%Nice To Haves +48% Age 48%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 68.8% (135^th of 1015)

Based on 145,911 user benchmarks. Models: ST1000LM049-2GH172, ST1000LM 049-2GH172, ST1000LM049-2GH1, ST1000LM ST1000LM049-2GH1

Poor: 32%Average: 68.8% Great: 95%

Popular builds with this HDD

Above average average bench

The Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB averaged 31.2% 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 Read Speed 1.32MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB is 63.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.9MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 103MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 145,911 samples)

Rank 13568.8%

Min	Avg	Max
45.5	Read 103	160
49.4	Write 126	170
40	Mixed 63.9	77.1
54.4	SusWrite 137	176
78.6% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 1.32	2.2
0.8	4K Write 1.54	2.3
0.2	4K Mixed 0.6	0.9
150% 1.15 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 9 hrs ago.

931GB free

Firmware: LXM3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 173 173 167 166 MB/s

91.2% Outstanding

Write 160

Mixed 72.2

SusWrite 170

100% 138 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

217% 1.57 MB/s

POL-User, 48 mins ago.

559GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 172 175 170 174 177 MB/s

87.9% Excellent

Write 102

Mixed 72.4

SusWrite 172

88% 120 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.9

184% 1.23 MB/s

IND-User, 10 hrs ago.

486GB free

Firmware: ACM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 171 163 172 172 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 166

Mixed 48.3

SusWrite 171

91% 125 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.7

142% 0.97 MB/s

CHE-User, 3 hrs ago.

863GB free

Firmware: RXM3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 161 167 164 165 166 MB/s

77.4% Very good

Write 162

Mixed 63.8

SusWrite 164

90% 124 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.7

159% 1.23 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 hrs ago.

759GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 161 160 162 159 MB/s

74.1% Very good

Write 166

Mixed 69

SusWrite 161

90% 123 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.7

148% 1.03 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

930GB free

Firmware: SDM2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 104 105 88 MB/s

73.2% Very good

Write 150

Mixed 75.1

SusWrite 101

88% 120 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.9

220% 1.63 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 hr ago.

500GB free

Firmware: RPM2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 146 146 144 146 144 MB/s

67.6% Good

Write 143

Mixed 59

SusWrite 144

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.5

142% 1.13 MB/s

TWN-User, 10 hrs ago.

163GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 86 84 138 138 MB/s

49.7% Average

Write 99.9

Mixed 58.9

SusWrite 102

61% 83 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.4

116% 0.97 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 hrs ago.

220GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 89 89 88 89 89 MB/s

46.9% Average

Write 121

Mixed 64

SusWrite 87.4

64% 87.1 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.4

110% 0.9 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Acer Predator PH315-52

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	3,345x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	556x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,797x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	1,498x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	605x

SSD
KINGSTON RBUSNS8 256GBNvmeBench 103%, 4,910 samples	358x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 3,211 samples	339x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 3,501 samples	302x

RAM
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples	1,239x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples	791x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	208x

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

JPN-User

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Excellent

4 years ago.

Not very bad for the price. But it's still as slow as one of the cheapest 1TB SSD below↓

giovanni1987

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Poor

4 years ago.

Not bad. My new Samsung 860 QVO for replaced!

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB

Average Bench: 68.8% (135th of 1015)

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Above average average bench

Strengths

Poor consistency

Weaknesses

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System: Acer Predator PH315-52

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Average Bench: 68.8% (135^th of 1015)