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ST9300653SS 300GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 77% (90th of 1015)

Based on 74 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST9300653SS
Poor: 34%Average: 77% Great: 107%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST9300653SS 300GB averaged 22.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST9300653SS 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.25MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.51MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9300653SS 300GB is 73.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST9300653SS 300GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 74 samples)
Rank 9077%
Min Avg Max
22.3 Read 152 196
16.4 Write 114 189
25.4 Mixed 99.2 175
29.6 SusWrite 99.7 187
85.9% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.38 4K Read 1.51 1.8
0.45 4K Write 1.96 3.91
0.45 4K Mixed 1.25 2
238% 1.57 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 141 141 146 141 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 168
Write 167
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 142
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 2
358% 2.4 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 144 146 146 139 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 142
Write 170
Mixed 93.7
SusWrite 143
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.6
309% 2.27 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 127 135 139 137 134 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 134
Write 162
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 132
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.5
296% 2.2 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 137 137 130 78 105 MB/s
69.9% Good
Read 124
Write 122
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 119
73% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.8
273% 1.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,332,183 HDDs tested

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Typical ST9300653SS 300GB Builds (Compare 890 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T5600

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples97x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples82x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples62x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples51x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples20x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples19x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples18x
RAM
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples41x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples39x
M393B1G70BH0-YK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 67%, 378 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $170

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