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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 68% (698th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
Poor: 41%Average: 68% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The ST1000LM035-1RK172 256GB averaged 32.0% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 98.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.1MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST1000LM035-1RK172 256GB is 62.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ST1000LM035-1RK172 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 149MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 269MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 69868%
Min Avg Max
299 Read 425 521
3.8 Write 269 492
45.5 Mixed 294 500
33.9 SusWrite 149 347
63.3% 284 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.8 4K Read 22.1 38.1
2.1 4K Write 58.5 94.3
0.5 4K Mixed 22 50
92.7% 34.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.1 DQ Read 207 386
2.9 DQ Write 205 335
5.59 DQ Mixed 98.8 276
104% 170 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
26GB free
Firmware: U0326A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 40 53 65 67 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 471
Write 123
Mixed 71
SusWrite 59.5
39% 181 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 9.9
85% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 41.7
DQ Mixed 18.3
30% 59.2 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: U0326A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 55 69 48 70 51 MB/s
39.5% Below average
Read 435
Write 284
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 59.2
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 28.3
4K Mixed 0.4
52% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 80
DQ Mixed 13.9
35% 74.5 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation 9%
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples140x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples118x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples108x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples156x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples131x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples118x
SSD
ST1000LM035-1RK172 256GBBench 68%, 31 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples40x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples27x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples27x
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