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Seagate ST9500420AS

Momentus 2.5" 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42.3% (455th of 1015)

more Based on 47,332 user benchmarks.  Models: ST9500420AS, Seagate ST9500420AS, ST950042 4AS, ST950042 3AS, ST950042 0ASG, ST9500423AS, ST9500424AS, ST950042 ST9500424AS, ST950042 0AS, ST950042 ST9500423AS, ST950042 ST9500420AS, ST950042 ST9500420ASG, ST9500420ASG
Poor: 18%Average: 42.3% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB averaged 57.6% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB is 39.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 72.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 47,332 samples)
Rank 45542.3%
Min Avg Max
17.5 Read 74.6 101
23.7 Write 72.3 98.8
18.7 Mixed 44.2 57.2
28.8 SusWrite 72.9 103
48.5% 66 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.54 0.7
0.5 4K Write 0.97 1.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.65 0.8
113% 0.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: D005SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 102 101 100 101 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 102
Write 93.2
Mixed 46.1
SusWrite 100
62% 85.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
460GB free
Firmware: 0004HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 104 104 104 104 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 97.6
Write 104
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 104
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
114% 0.63 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0003SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 89 97 98 97 98 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 101
Write 95.5
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 95.8
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 98 99 99 99 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 87.3
Write 97
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 98.2
60% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: D005SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 57 84 85 94 90 MB/s
49.5% Average
Read 93.9
Write 66
Mixed 45.3
SusWrite 78.5
52% 70.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 82 82 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 76.4
Write 81.8
Mixed 51.6
SusWrite 81.4
54% 72.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
112% 0.6 MB/s
135GB free
Firmware: D005SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 66 71 70 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 80.8
Write 80
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 66.7
50% 68.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples292x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $190Bench 55%, 39,605 samples216x
Core i7 Q 720Intel  $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples142x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples720x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples325x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples141x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples72x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $43Bench 106%, 237,241 samples36x
A400 480GBKingston  $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples34x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples99x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples66x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples56x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $218

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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

It's a little louder, buzzier and hotter than other HDD. Pretty slow, but that could be because I have it in a USB 2.0 enclosure.

evander321
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Good

3 years ago.

This is barely fast enough to be used as a hard drive to have games on

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