Seagate

ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB

ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB
BENCHMARKS (13,141)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -100%Effective Speed -100%Average Score -32%Read -105%, Write -77%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write 79%, Mixed -77%, 4K Mixed 66%, SusWrite -99%Peak Score -2%Read -78%, Write -65%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 115%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed 125%, SusWrite -79%Value & Sentiment -2,975%User Rating -20%, Market Share -5,931%Nice To Haves -6%Age -6%

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Average Bench: 44% (428^th of 1015)

Based on 13,141 user benchmarks. Models: ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB, ST500LM0 00-SSHD-8GB

Poor: 14%Average: 44% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB averaged 55.9% 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 1.44MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.84MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 75.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,141 samples)

Rank 42844%

Min	Avg	Max
14.8	Read 75.9	112
23.5	Write 81.7	114
18.5	Mixed 46.5	67.4
26	SusWrite 76.3	110
51.5% 70.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 1.16	2
0.6	4K Write 3.84	5.4
0.2	4K Mixed 1.44	2.3
280% 2.15 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SVK-User, 1 day ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LVD3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 109 107 109 109 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 112

Mixed 28.5

SusWrite 108

59% 81.8 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.6

316% 2.6 MB/s

DEU-User, 11 hrs ago.

77GB free

Firmware: LVD4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 88 87 MB/s

44.8% Average

Write 61.3

Mixed 50.1

SusWrite 86.5

49% 66.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 2

373% 2.8 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

367GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LVD6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 84 50 42 55 74 MB/s

39.8% Below average

Write 105

Mixed 37.8

SusWrite 56.2

51% 70.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.5

94% 0.73 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 day ago.

299GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LVD4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 13 44 34 MB/s

30.4% Below average

Write 101

Mixed 61.4

SusWrite 27.8

50% 67 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 0.1

33% 0.27 MB/s

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Typical ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB Builds (Compare 1,400 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20351

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	359x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	277x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,252x
Iris Pro HD 5100 (Mobile 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 4,565 samples	55x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
BX500 240GBCrucial $20Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	30x
A400 480GBKingston $26Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	26x

RAM
RMT3170EF68F9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 28%, 4,466 samples	160x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples	86x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	70x

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Value: 31% - Below average

Total price: $17

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4 years ago.

It was great at the time (2014), but doesn't even compare to any SSD now.

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Excellent

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Very good for that years

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16