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Seagate ST3300657SS

Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 84.1% (54th of 1015)

Based on 1,032 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST3300657SS
Poor: 54%Average: 84.1% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 300GB averaged just 15.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.33MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 300GB is 56.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 300GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 128MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,032 samples)
Rank 5484.1%
Min Avg Max
109 Read 165 196
58 Write 137 196
54.9 Mixed 83.3 97.2
59.2 SusWrite 128 196
94.1% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.33 1.5
1.1 4K Write 2.94 3.8
1 4K Mixed 1.47 1.7
273% 1.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
258GB free
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 199 195 195 196 196 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 196
Mixed 98
SusWrite 196
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.7
316% 2.27 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 135 136 136 MB/s
94.4% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 192
Mixed 96.1
SusWrite 136
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 1.6
306% 2.27 MB/s
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 85 145 176 116 162 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 170
Mixed 91.8
SusWrite 140
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.7
314% 2.23 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 117 130 130 131 131 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 178
Write 186
Mixed 93.2
SusWrite 124
107% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.6
299% 2.17 MB/s
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 10%
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System: HP Z800 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples330x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples195x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples183x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples164x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples94x
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples70x
SSD
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples37x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples36x
RAM
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples23x
ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 JE... 82GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples20x
ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD H... 130GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples16x
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