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ST98823AS 80GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 15.7% (1005th of 1014)

Based on 641 user benchmarks.  Models: ST98823AS, ST98823A ST98823AS, ST98823A S
Poor: 7%Average: 15.7% Great: 21%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate ST98823AS 80GB averaged 84.2% 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 0.4MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST98823AS 80GB is just 14.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST98823AS 80GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 21.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 25.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 641 samples)
Rank 100515.7%
Min Avg Max
10 Read 28.1 36.3
10 Write 27.5 36.7
8.6 Mixed 21.7 32.5
9.88 SusWrite 25.7 36.3
19.1% 25.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.4 0.5
0.13 4K Write 0.7 0.9
0.1 4K Mixed 0.44 0.6
78.5% 0.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
49GB free
Firmware: 7.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 31 32 32 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 53
Write 31
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 31.8
26% 35.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.67 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 7.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 23 23 23 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 50.1
Write 31.3
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 23.8
24% 32.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.63 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 7.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 36 37 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 36
Write 37.5
Mixed 25.4
SusWrite 36.6
25% 33.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.63 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 3.14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 31.3
Write 34.2
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 35
23% 31.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical ST98823AS 80GB Builds (Compare 1,560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples527x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples272x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples180x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples122x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples115x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples112x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples38x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples22x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $1,178

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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