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ST3160021A 160GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 19.9% (973rd of 1015)

Based on 908 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3160021A
Poor: 4%Average: 19.9% Great: 31%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate ST3160021A 160GB averaged 80.1% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3160021A 160GB is 27%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3160021A 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 24MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 28.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 908 samples)
Rank 97319.9%
Min Avg Max
5.07 Read 35.8 54.1
3.8 Write 28.7 53.2
5.8 Mixed 24 37.6
4.61 SusWrite 30.9 53.4
22% 29.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.2 4K Write 1.03 1.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 0.9
108% 0.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free
Firmware: 3.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s
26.6% Poor
Read 43
Write 49.9
Mixed 36
SusWrite 49.3
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 16 7.7 7.4 28 36 MB/s
19.2% Very poor
Read 46.8
Write 49
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 19.6
28% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 8.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 29 30 30 30 MB/s
16.4% Very poor
Read 27
Write 9.5
Mixed 12
SusWrite 29.7
14% 19.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
146GB free
Firmware: 8.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 31 30 30 30 MB/s
16.3% Very poor
Read 26.3
Write 9.3
Mixed 20.2
SusWrite 30.1
16% 21.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 8.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s
16.3% Very poor
Read 27.5
Write 9.3
Mixed 13.3
SusWrite 28.9
14% 19.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 19 17 18 28 MB/s
10.3% Very poor
Read 16.2
Write 28.5
Mixed 20.1
SusWrite 19.2
16% 21 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,949,268 HDDs tested.

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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H

CPU
Core i3 540Intel  $62Bench 47%, 24,057 samples210x
Core i3 530Intel  $98Bench 47%, 17,383 samples191x
Core i5 760Intel  $144Bench 66%, 34,326 samples136x
GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 11,792 samples178x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 994,730 samples53x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $110Bench 18%, 303,722 samples40x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples54x
A400 120GBKingston  $19Bench 59%, 185,650 samples39x
SU650 120GBAdata  $48Bench 63%, 43,739 samples19x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 423,404 samples505x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 438,079 samples283x
6GBUnknownBench 26%, 108,709 samples120x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $84

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