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Seagate

ST5000VM002-1CT162 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 69.9% (125th of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: ST5000VM002-1CT162
Poor: 24%Average: 69.9% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST5000VM002-1CT162 500GB averaged 30.1% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 124MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST5000VM002-1CT162 500GB is 66.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST5000VM002-1CT162 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 12569.9%
Min Avg Max
16.2 Read 124 162
33 Write 121 157
26.8 Mixed 53 70.2
45.6 SusWrite 120 162
76.2% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.68 0.9
0.5 4K Write 1 1.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.6 0.9
114% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
462GB free
Firmware: ES22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 162 162 162 164 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 157
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 162
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.93 MB/s
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 133 138 131 131 128 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 141
Write 145
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 128
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 0.97 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: ES22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 135 136 135 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 132
Write 131
Mixed 63.2
SusWrite 136
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 0.93 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ES22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 128 118 162 149 178 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 131
Write 129
Mixed 26.8
SusWrite 136
76% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
79% 0.5 MB/s
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 119 126 133 123 73 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 136
Write 127
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 113
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
364GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 19 122 118 129 133 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 116
Write 122
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 98.3
71% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ES22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 40 34 54 42 37 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 111
Write 80.5
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 45.6
50% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.2
58% 0.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,353,735 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pro 3400 Series MT

CPU
Core i3-2120Intel  $170Bench 51%, 77,810 samples158x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples143x
Pentium G630Intel  $37Bench 47%, 12,397 samples52x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples287x
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples11x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples24x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples10x
SV100S2128G 128GBKingstonBench 25%, 1,081 samples7x
RAM
16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 1x4GBMicronBench 26%, 1,487 samples16x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 26%, 3,270 samples12x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $198

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