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ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 63.9% (169th of 1015)

Based on 47 user benchmarks.  Model: ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD
Poor: 24%Average: 63.9% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD 1TB averaged 36.1% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.56MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD 1TB is 55.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 89.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 47 samples)
Rank 16963.9%
Min Avg Max
3 Read 108 138
7.2 Write 111 151
7.2 Mixed 95.5 142
9.7 SusWrite 89.5 132
75.1% 101 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.65 0.8
0 4K Write 3.56 5.31
0 4K Mixed 0.64 1.4
164% 1.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 2BD1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 132 132 132 132 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 122
Write 107
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 132
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.3
261% 2.2 MB/s
874GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 126 128 128 129 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 99.9
Write 99.1
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 127
72% 98.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.2
252% 2.2 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 114 115 115 115 114 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 93.9
Write 87.6
Mixed 68
SusWrite 113
67% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.37 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 94
Write 82.3
Mixed 63.2
SusWrite 95.2
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.6
180% 1.9 MB/s
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples976x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples3x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples306x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples293x
SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples240x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples81x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples125x
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