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ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 58.7% (201st of 1015)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM
Poor: 43%Average: 58.7% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB averaged 41.2% 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 0.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB is 31.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 20158.7%
Min Avg Max
50.7 Read 103 132
64.6 Write 101 128
23.4 Mixed 61.3 104
48.8 SusWrite 99.9 132
67% 91.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.79 0.9
1.1 4K Write 2 2.3
0.22 4K Mixed 0.84 1.09
163% 1.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
196GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 128 129 128 129 129 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 126
Mixed 64
SusWrite 124
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
454GB free
Firmware: BB26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 119 123 121 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 118
Write 123
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 121
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.27 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: BB28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 101 103 102 103 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 111
Write 108
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 102
70% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
454GB free
Firmware: BB26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 86 79 94 79 85 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 18.9
Write 19.6
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 82.7
26% 35.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
284% 2.03 MB/s
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Typical ST3500514NS 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB Builds (Compare 8,181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 184%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 201%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $475

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,913x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,340x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples1,102x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,102x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples878x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples610x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples846x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples706x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples421x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples433x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples185x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 95%, 56,114 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,732

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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