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ST500VM002-1CT162 499GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 72.5% (118th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Models: ST500VM002-1CT162, ST500VM0 02-9ZL16C
Poor: 65%Average: 72.5% Great: 79%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST500VM002-1CT162 499GB averaged 27.4% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.07MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 11872.5%
Min Avg Max
110 Read 132 149
115 Write 135 150
50.2 Mixed 56.6 63.6
104 SusWrite 121 140
81% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.73 0.8
0.9 4K Write 1.07 1.2
0.7 4K Mixed 0.73 0.8
132% 0.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
157GB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 135 139 141 140 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 137
Write 140
Mixed 55.9
SusWrite 140
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
320GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 97 91 111 123 117 MB/s
72.6% Very good
Read 149
Write 150
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 104
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 115 123 129 128 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 110
Write 115
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 118
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.83 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,329,231 HDDs tested

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Typical ST500VM002-1CT162 499GB Builds (Compare 6,306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples1,892x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,603x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples886x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples3,494x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples436x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples421x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples363x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples118x
KingFast 256GBBench 72%, 7,147 samples115x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples92x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples84x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples79x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $141

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