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ST500LT012-9WS14 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 49.8% (305th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID ST500LT012-9WS14
Poor: 38%Average: 49.8% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Amd-raid ST500LT012-9WS14 500GB averaged 50.1% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid ST500LT012-9WS14 500GB is 22.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid ST500LT012-9WS14 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.75MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 30549.8%
Min Avg Max
75.5 Read 97.8 109
65 Write 94.4 104
38.5 Mixed 45 52
39.5 SusWrite 76 104
57.3% 78.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.7
0.6 4K Write 0.75 0.8
0.5 4K Mixed 0.63 0.7
111% 0.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 109
Write 104
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 104
66% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
450GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 103 104 104 103 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 106
Write 101
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 103
66% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 101
Write 101
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 104
64% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 49 48 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 95.1
Write 96
Mixed 52
SusWrite 47.6
54% 72.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
458GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 35 34 35 31 34 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 100
Write 99.7
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 39.5
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
127GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 58 59 60 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 75.5
Write 65
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 58.7
44% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
92% 0.57 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,531,481 HDDs tested

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Gaming 129%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $188

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $177Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,708x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,328x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,462x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $495Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,272x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,093x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,488x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,861x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $112Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples875x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples778x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 85%, 346,786 samples736x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $103Bench 89%, 144,399 samples653x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $991

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