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ST300MM0008 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 89.4% (25th of 1015)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST300MM0008
Poor: 53%Average: 89.4% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST300MM0008 300GB averaged just 10.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST300MM0008 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.11MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.79MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST300MM0008 300GB is 61.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST300MM0008 300GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 2589.4%
Min Avg Max
52.9 Read 174 200
30.1 Write 139 198
16.2 Mixed 111 190
32.7 SusWrite 119 199
100% 136 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.79 2.5
0 4K Write 2.58 5
0.3 4K Mixed 1.11 1.9
246% 1.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: HPS0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 201 201 201 203 203 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 201
Mixed 105
SusWrite 201
129% 176 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.7
375% 3 MB/s
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 56 54 41 42 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 179
Write 59.8
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 51.3
66% 89.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1
161% 0.9 MB/s
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 49 51 56 58 56 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 52.9
Write 30.1
Mixed 16.2
SusWrite 50.5
27% 37.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.3 MB/s
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Typical ST300MM0008 300GB Builds (Compare 5,976 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,242x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples1,039x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples861x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples740x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples376x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples223x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples144x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples130x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples122x
RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples184x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples178x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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