Seagate

BarracudaFas 500GB

BarracudaFas 500GB
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Effective Speed -30%Effective Speed -30%Average Score -28%Read -28%, Write -5%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -112%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite 27%Peak Score -16%Read -18%, Write -2%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -74%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -29%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -56%, DQ Mixed -21%, ADQ Read -77%, ADQ Write -76%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age 95%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Average Bench: 76% (556^th of 1072)

Based on 290 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate BarracudaFastSSD

Poor: 52%Average: 76% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The Seagate BarracudaFas 500GB averaged 23.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarracudaFas 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 156MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarracudaFas 500GB is 48.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarracudaFas 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 41.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 184MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 290 samples)

Rank 55676%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 358	431
288	Write 387	477
275	Mixed 358	444
256	SusWrite 376	474
83.7% 370 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.7	4K Read 26	36.3
22.3	4K Write 41.3	70.3
17.2	4K Mixed 30.3	44.5
100% 32.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
89.5	DQ Read 184	351
88.9	DQ Write 164	230
34.1	DQ Mixed 156	273
122% 168 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

101GB free

Firmware: 0002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 359 379 379 378 378 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 377

Mixed 362

SusWrite 371

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 37.4

4K Mixed 34.6

113% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 98.9

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 143

112% 150 MB/s

CAN-User, 13 days ago.

230GB free

Firmware: 0002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 384 397 394 392 397 MB/s

71.3% Very good

Write 395

Mixed 369

SusWrite 392

86% 378 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 28

91% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 97.1

DQ Mixed 124

87% 110 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

349GB free

Firmware: 0002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 359 377 363 376 385 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 375

Mixed 356

SusWrite 370

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 35.1

4K Mixed 27

87% 28.1 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 109

96% 143 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision T1650

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	307x
Xeon E3-1240 V2Intel $345Bench 71%, 4,997 samples	147x
Xeon E3-1270 V2IntelBench 73%, 3,610 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	81x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	73x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	63x

SSD
BarracudaFas 500GBSeagateBench 76%, 290 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	50x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,354 samples	21x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $356

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 76% (556^th of 1072)