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Seagate

ST3500514NS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 59.1% (197th of 1015)

Based on 1,968 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3500514NS, ST350051 ST3500514NS, ST350051 4NS
Poor: 38%Average: 59.1% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB averaged 40.8% 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 1.01MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.95MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB is 37%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,968 samples)
Rank 19759.1%
Min Avg Max
62.1 Read 106 131
60.8 Write 104 130
40.3 Mixed 58.4 67.9
51.4 SusWrite 99.7 130
67.6% 92.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.84 0.9
1.4 4K Write 1.95 2.3
0.7 4K Mixed 1.01 1.1
183% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 130 128 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 131
Write 127
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 129
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.43 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 7101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 128 126 128 127 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 129
Write 134
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 127
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.43 MB/s
401GB free
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 123 120 121 121 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 121
Write 124
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 121
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 99 98 98 100 MB/s
63.9% Good
Read 124
Write 122
Mixed 58.4
SusWrite 98.9
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
197% 1.33 MB/s
363GB free
Firmware: SN11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 90 94 95 83 89 MB/s
60% Good
Read 122
Write 113
Mixed 61
SusWrite 87.1
70% 95.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
186% 1.3 MB/s
190GB free
Firmware: KA05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 76 59 88 89 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 110
Write 107
Mixed 62.4
SusWrite 79.6
66% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
199% 1.37 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 59 58 60 52 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 77.7
Write 61.4
Mixed 46.3
SusWrite 57.7
45% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,069x
Core i7-2600Intel  $128Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,599x
Core i5-3470Intel  $99Bench 63%, 223,595 samples950x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,066x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples832x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples458x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples436x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples381x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples301x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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