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ST500LM021-1KJ15 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 57.9% (210th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID ST500LM021-1KJ15
Poor: 49%Average: 57.9% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The Amd-raid ST500LM021-1KJ15 500GB averaged 42.1% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.1MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 21057.9%
Min Avg Max
86.3 Read 107 125
89.3 Write 105 130
31 Mixed 40.3 45.2
61.8 SusWrite 94.6 132
63.2% 86.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 4K Read 1.1 1.3
0.4 4K Write 0.67 0.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
136% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 132 131 133 134 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 125
Write 130
Mixed 45.2
SusWrite 132
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.03 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 80 109 107 81 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 86.3
Write 97.2
Mixed 44.8
SusWrite 89.7
58% 79.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.8 MB/s
227GB free
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 59 61 62 60 MB/s
49.3% Average
Read 110
Write 89.3
Mixed 31
SusWrite 61.8
53% 73 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.63 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,507,788 HDDs tested

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Typical ST500LM021-1KJ15 500GB Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350M-D3H-CF

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples49x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples22x
Ryzen 5 1400AMD  $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples19x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples17x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples17x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples11x
SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $41Bench 45%, 156,194 samples9x
XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBAdata  $75Bench 242%, 74,184 samples7x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples5x
CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 40,300 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $312

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