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FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB

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Effective Speed +15% Effective Speed 15%Average Score +16% Read 4%, Write 11%, 4K Read 9%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 23%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 41%Peak Score +11% Read 2%, Write 3%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 28%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +22% DQ Read 7%, DQ Write 4%, DQ Mixed 14%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed 19%, Age 118%, AS-SSD Total 6%

Average Bench: 113% (202^nd of 1072)

Based on 319 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001

Poor: 83%Average: 113% Great: 136%

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Outstanding average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB averaged 12.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 309MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 51.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB is 53.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 419MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 477MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 319 samples)

Rank 202113%

Min	Avg	Max
375	Read 477	516
339	Write 449	501
357	Mixed 443	485
280	SusWrite 419	495
101% 447 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.8	4K Read 37.3	45.4
45.7	4K Write 95.2	138
30	4K Mixed 51.2	65.1
172% 61.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
209	DQ Read 343	392
123	DQ Write 301	372
153	DQ Mixed 309	378
235% 318 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 23 days ago.

312GB free

Firmware: SU0SC011

SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 485 479 483 483 483 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 498

Mixed 486

SusWrite 484

112% 497 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 65.8

225% 81.4 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 368

DQ Mixed 376

283% 377 MB/s

USA-User, 26 days ago.

128GB free

Firmware: SU3SC013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 461 450 437 422 385 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 501

Mixed 486

SusWrite 440

110% 486 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 63.5

217% 79.8 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 363

275% 369 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

242GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SU3SC013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 490 490 494 494 493 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 495

Mixed 484

SusWrite 492

112% 496 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 98.3

4K Mixed 56.8

188% 65.5 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 370

DQ Mixed 377

283% 378 MB/s

AUS-User, 12 days ago.

246GB free

Firmware: SU0SC011

SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 450 468 469 468 469 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 459

SusWrite 462

106% 468 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 56.7

192% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 342

257% 344 MB/s

SGP-User, 1 month ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SU0SC011

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 281 58 120 449 458 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 471

SusWrite 286

98% 436 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 56.1

188% 66.4 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 334

256% 348 MB/s

TUR-User, 19 days ago.

23GB free

Firmware: SU0SC011

SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 284 247 222 225 227 MB/s

84.1% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 365

SusWrite 256

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 40.5

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 28

146% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 224

169% 228 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Gateway DX4860

CPU
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	175x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	140x
Core i3-2120Intel $170Bench 51%, 77,810 samples	86x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	156x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x

SSD
FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GBSeagateBench 113%, 319 samples	1x

RAM
HU524303EP0200 4x2GBUnifosaBench 49%, 508 samples	47x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 909 samples	22x
GU512303EP0202 3x2GBUnifosaBench 39%, 442 samples	20x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $165

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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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