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Seagate

ST500DM009 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 62.2% (179th of 1015)

Based on 118 user benchmarks.  Model: ST500DM009
Poor: 42%Average: 62.2% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST500DM009 500GB averaged 37.7% 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 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500DM009 500GB is 49.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500DM009 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 118 samples)
Rank 17962.2%
Min Avg Max
70.8 Read 109 156
64.7 Write 102 128
44 Mixed 59.5 81.9
66.8 SusWrite 108 164
69.4% 94.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.8
0.7 4K Write 1.33 2.1
0.6 4K Mixed 0.81 1
142% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
117GB free
Firmware: HPH3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 165 166 166 172 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 96.3
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 166
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 165 167 165 166 165 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 152
Write 153
Mixed 67.4
SusWrite 160
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
113% 0.87 MB/s
426GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 158 158 158 156 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 151
Write 151
Mixed 66
SusWrite 157
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.9 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 153 152 153 152 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 145
Write 148
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 152
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
120% 0.83 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 135 134 135 133 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 66.4
SusWrite 134
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 134 135 134 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 131
Write 131
Mixed 66.4
SusWrite 134
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 134 135 135 134 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 130
Write 130
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 134
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,339,225 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,186x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,163x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples444x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples544x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples440x
SSD
SSD 500GBKioxia-exceriaBench 175%, 10,941 samples188x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples188x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples169x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples368x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples309x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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