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ST3500641AS 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 25.9% (844th of 1015)

Based on 1,952 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500641AS, ST350064 1AS, ST350064 1A, ST350064 ST3500641AS
Poor: 14%Average: 25.9% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB averaged 74.0% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.58MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB is just 19.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 36MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,952 samples)
Rank 84425.9%
Min Avg Max
23 Read 47 59.2
15.5 Write 36 56.9
20.4 Mixed 35.5 43.7
19.1 SusWrite 43.1 57.9
29.9% 40.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.58 0.7
0.5 4K Write 0.99 1.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.68 0.8
118% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
402GB free
Firmware: 3.AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 56 55 57 58 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 67.2
Write 36.4
Mixed 45
SusWrite 56.3
38% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.8 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: 3.AGM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 46 46 45 47 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 70.2
Write 31.1
Mixed 44
SusWrite 46.1
36% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
264GB free
Firmware: 3.AGE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 49 48 50 49 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 64.1
Write 33.8
Mixed 43
SusWrite 48.9
35% 47.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.8 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 3.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 45 44 45 45 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 66
Write 28.1
Mixed 40.1
SusWrite 43.8
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
299GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 49 50 49 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 50.6
Write 51.4
Mixed 42.2
SusWrite 49.3
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,102x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,630x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,095x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples850x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $322

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