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Seagate

Slim BK 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 40.7% (490th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Slim BK
Poor: 14%Average: 40.7% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Slim BK 500GB averaged 59.3% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.48MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Slim BK 500GB is 45%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Slim BK 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 49040.7%
Min Avg Max
26.7 Read 72 110
20.9 Write 66 107
16.3 Mixed 51.9 99.5
17.3 SusWrite 70.6 98.9
48.1% 65.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.48 0.8
0.2 4K Write 0.71 1.3
0.05 4K Mixed 0.44 0.7
81.7% 0.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
321GB free
Firmware: 2607
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 95 94 95 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 84.8
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 94
60% 82 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
366GB free
Firmware: 2606
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 100 99 100 MB/s
53.9% Above average
Read 89.2
Write 34.3
Mixed 35.9
SusWrite 98.9
47% 64.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.7
98% 0.43 MB/s
397GB free
Firmware: 2607
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 97 92 96 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 91
Write 97.2
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 95
62% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
87% 0.57 MB/s
321GB free
Firmware: 2607
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 95 95 95 94 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 82.7
Write 85
Mixed 51
SusWrite 93.8
57% 78.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
229GB free
Firmware: 2606
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 78 79 78 78 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 64.8
Write 68.1
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 77.6
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.53 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: 2607
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 39.8
Write 39.2
Mixed 31
SusWrite 42.1
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
113% 0.67 MB/s
361GB free
Firmware: 8201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 39 38 38 39 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 36.7
Write 37.5
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 37.6
26% 35.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
275GB free
Firmware: 8201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 38 38 38 39 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 35.5
Write 37.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 38.3
26% 35.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,514,872 HDDs tested

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Gaming 199%
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Desktop 111%
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Workstation
Workstation 203%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4 - $230

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Core i5-12600KIntel  $160Bench 109%, 101,563 samples2,465x
Core i7-12700KIntel  $210Bench 114%, 78,749 samples1,924x
Core i5-12600KFIntel  $156Bench 109%, 40,032 samples1,061x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,126x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples944x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $429Bench 158%, 218,061 samples834x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 385%, 327,441 samples876x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $89Bench 251%, 262,559 samples552x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples534x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 86,372 samples292x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples204x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples191x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $1,109

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