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ST3250624AS 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 28.4% (779th of 1015)

Based on 781 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3250624AS, ST325062 4A, ST325062 4AS, ST325062 ST3250624AS
Poor: 19%Average: 28.4% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate ST3250624AS 250GB averaged 71.5% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.6MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3250624AS 250GB is just 17.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3250624AS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 39.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 781 samples)
Rank 77928.4%
Min Avg Max
32.3 Read 51.4 63.6
15.8 Write 39.6 61.5
23.1 Mixed 38.1 47.5
27.2 SusWrite 47.4 63.9
32.7% 44.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.38 4K Read 0.6 0.7
0.62 4K Write 1.1 1.4
0.32 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
124% 0.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
16GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 57 58 60 59 59 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 73.7
Write 31.9
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 58.8
39% 53.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
143GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 57 58 57 58 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 62.9
Write 43.2
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 57.3
38% 51 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 3.AJJ
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 55 57 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 62.7
Write 41
Mixed 44
SusWrite 55.3
38% 50.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
6GB free
Firmware: 3.AHH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 39 44 44 42 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 71.1
Write 26
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 42.1
33% 44.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.63 MB/s
143GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 57 57 56 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 55.7
Write 51.7
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 55.6
37% 50.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 38 37 38 MB/s
31.4% Below average
Read 72.1
Write 26.6
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 37.3
33% 44.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.8 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: 3.AAH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 46 48 48 48 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 53.7
Write 48.4
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 47.6
35% 47.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 3.AAH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 46 42 45 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 54.9
Write 39.3
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 45.2
32% 43.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 0.9 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AJJ
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 29 23 29 30 33 MB/s
20.3% Poor
Read 42.8
Write 48.5
Mixed 33.1
SusWrite 27.6
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 109%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WIFI (MS-7B85)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples677x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples380x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples222x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples190x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples184x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples163x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples78x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples78x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples68x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples151x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $569

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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