Average Bench: 13.8% (1067th of 1072)

Based on 190 user benchmarks.  Model: ST5000DM 000-1FK178

Terrible average bench

The St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB averaged 86.2% 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. Sustained Write Speed 133MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 119MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB is just 10.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.57MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.33MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 190 samples)
Min Avg Max
35.3 Read 87.5 156
46 Write 119 164
29.2 Mixed 68.4 111
56.5 SusWrite 133 189
23.1% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.85 1.41
8.1 4K Write 10.2 12.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.61 0.9
7.47% 3.88 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 DQ Read 1.57 3.74
3.65 DQ Write 7.95 13.5
0.29 DQ Mixed 1.33 2.4
2.03% 3.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 136 121 128 139 136 MB/s
Read 100
Write 106
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 131
22% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 0.1
6% 3.27 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 4.9
DQ Mixed 0.8
1% 2.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 142 143 138 148 143 MB/s
Read 59.2
Write 44.1
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 139
17% 76.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.93 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 8.6
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 3.53 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 128 134 135 134 130 MB/s
Read 90.7
Write 115
Mixed 61.6
SusWrite 116
22% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 0.5
8% 4.4 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 7.5
DQ Mixed 0.4
1% 2.93 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,719,252 SSDs tested

Typical 000-1FK178 5TB Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: HP 810-130qe

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $134

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