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ST3160215A 160GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 26.4% (831st of 1015)

Based on 844 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3160215A
Poor: 7%Average: 26.4% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3160215A 160GB averaged 73.5% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.55MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3160215A 160GB is 33.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3160215A 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 26.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 33.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 844 samples)
Rank 83126.4%
Min Avg Max
10.5 Read 49.5 71.4
8 Write 33.5 66.3
9.67 Mixed 26.2 38.9
8.75 SusWrite 40 68.5
27.4% 37.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.55 0.7
0.3 4K Write 1.05 1.33
0.12 4K Mixed 0.66 0.9
116% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 65 66 68 67 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 249
Write 11.5
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 64.5
65% 89.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 0.93 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 54 54 54 53 53 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 160
Write 11.9
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 54.4
48% 65 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.77 MB/s
77GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 38 39 39 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 90.6
Write 11
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 37.2
29% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.4 MB/s
45GB free
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 55 55 54 53 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 67
Write 66.5
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 54
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 37 37 42 51 47 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 61.1
Write 55
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 38.7
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples706x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples278x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples263x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples614x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples461x
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples361x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples136x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples101x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples90x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples500x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples300x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples227x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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