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Seagate ST9200420AS

Momentus 2.5" 200GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 27.4% (810th of 1015)

Based on 534 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9200420AS, ST920042 0AS, ST920042 0ASG, ST920042 ST9200420AS, ST9200420ASG
Poor: 16%Average: 27.4% Great: 34%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB averaged 72.5% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB is just 18.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 534 samples)
Rank 81027.4%
Min Avg Max
20.6 Read 49.8 64.5
21.2 Write 47.1 59.6
17 Mixed 37.1 55.1
19.8 SusWrite 44.2 57.4
32.9% 44.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.54 0.7
0.32 4K Write 1 1.4
0.14 4K Mixed 0.48 0.8
94% 0.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free
Firmware: 3.ADD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 56 56 55 52 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 65.7
Write 44.6
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 54.7
37% 50.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.8 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 3.AAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 48.5
Write 53
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 53.1
36% 48.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
84GB free
Firmware: 3.ADD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s
28.4% Poor
Read 46.7
Write 49.5
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 52
34% 46 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 3.AAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 47 47 46 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 51.2
Write 46.2
Mixed 33.4
SusWrite 46.3
33% 44.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.7 MB/s
9GB free
Firmware: 3.AAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 33 34 33 33 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 45.3
Write 46.8
Mixed 33.1
SusWrite 33.4
29% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 21 20 21 20 MB/s
6.82% Terrible
Read 5
Write 11.7
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 18.8
8% 11.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,496,589 HDDs tested.

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Typical Momentus 2.5" 200GB Builds (Compare 24 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Studio 1735

CPU
Core2 Duo T8300Intel  $27Bench 37%, 2,604 samples8x
Core2 Duo T8100Intel  $78Bench 35%, 2,639 samples5x
Core2 Duo T5800IntelBench 34%, 3,175 samples3x
GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples22x
Intel 965 Express Chipset FamilyMobileBench 0%, 3,066 samples2x
SSD
SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 4,859 samples5x
2TB 2TBSSDBench 84%, 168 samples2x
IT LCS-128L9S-HP 128GBLiteonBench 81%, 2,338 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples17x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples5x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $27

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