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BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 151% (163rd of 1080)

Based on 3,172 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001
Poor: 62%Average: 151% Great: 205%

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Outstanding average bench

The Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB averaged 50.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 427MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 693MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB is 143%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 399MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 359MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,172 samples)
Rank 163151%
Min Avg Max
503 Read 963 1,122
511 Write 898 1,163
296 Mixed 836 978
94.9 SusWrite 399 928
174% 774 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.86 4K Read 42.7 54.2
40.8 4K Write 135 228
6.67 4K Mixed 57.4 78.1
210% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
221 DQ Read 359 385
73.9 DQ Write 693 1,010
104 DQ Mixed 427 516
353% 493 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SU5ST000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 875 89 56 54 126 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 954
Write 527
Mixed 1,009
SusWrite 385
161% 719 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 241
4K Mixed 81.5
305% 124 MB/s
DQ Read 457
DQ Write 1091
DQ Mixed 573
494% 707 MB/s
252GB free
Firmware: SU5SH018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 880 905 883 702 78 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,053
Write 983
Mixed 945
SusWrite 725
208% 926 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 64.7
222% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 702
DQ Mixed 496
389% 525 MB/s
429GB free
Firmware: SU5SH017
SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 820 838 834 831 833 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 839
Write 833
Mixed 781
SusWrite 827
185% 820 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 49.4
166% 59.4 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 504
DQ Mixed 461
343% 448 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: SU5SH018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 890 787 82 78 95 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1,026
Write 973
Mixed 926
SusWrite 475
191% 850 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 53.3
176% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 521
DQ Mixed 496
362% 466 MB/s
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SU5SH017
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 63 304 34 37 51 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 954
Mixed 893
SusWrite 122
167% 746 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 57.6
199% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 496
358% 456 MB/s
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asrock B550M-C

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples262x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $136Bench 96%, 383,420 samples230x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $195Bench 86%, 635,419 samples219x
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RTX 3060Nvidia  $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples330x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples130x
RX 6700-XTAMD  $480Bench 122%, 20,231 samples121x
SSD
BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GBSeagateBench 151%, 3,172 samples1x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples200x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples179x
D4U0832220B 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 383 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $336

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