Seagate

ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB

ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
BENCHMARKS (145,911)
MKT (0.9%)
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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 -135%User Rating -19%, Market Share -251%Nice To Haves +64% Age 64%

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Average Bench: 68.8% (133^rd 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%

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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 13368.8%

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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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SVN-User, 26 mins ago.

928GB free

Firmware: LXM3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 166 167 165 166 MB/s

88.1% Excellent

Write 152

Mixed 70.7

SusWrite 165

97% 132 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

206% 1.5 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

929GB free

Firmware: LXM3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 170 159 168 169 171 MB/s

87.1% Excellent

Write 113

Mixed 69.2

SusWrite 167

89% 121 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

208% 1.5 MB/s

MEX-User, 35 mins ago.

841GB free

Firmware: SDM2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 170 176 171 178 MB/s

63.9% Good

Write 136

Mixed 76.9

SusWrite 174

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

153% 1.13 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 10 11 18 22 18 MB/s

5.42% Terrible

Write 18.7

Mixed 6.5

SusWrite 14.9

8% 11 MB/s

4K Read 0.2

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

8% 0.07 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,555,426 HDDs tested.

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Typical ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB Builds (Compare 2,187 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Predator PH315-52

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 77%, 294,382 samples	1,870x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 71%, 108,260 samples	315x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 72%, 170,791 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 473,480 samples	995x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 64%, 77,861 samples	842x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 69%, 110,959 samples	348x

SSD
KINGSTON RBUSNS8 256GBNvmeBench 103%, 4,910 samples	214x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 3,211 samples	212x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 3,501 samples	175x

RAM
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples	675x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples	499x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	122x

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Comments

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USA-User

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

18 months ago.

JPN-User

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3,238

Excellent

2 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

3 years ago.

Not bad. My new Samsung 860 QVO for replaced!

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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $450	Crucial MX500 250GB $38
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $54	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17