Seagate ST480HM000

600 480GB

600 480GB
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BUY • $199

Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -18%Read -3%, Write -5%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite 11%Peak Score -20%Read -2%, Write -8%, 4K Read -50%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -107%, Value -76%Nice To Haves -13%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read -8%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -18%, Age -31%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Average Bench: 84.5% (416^th of 1072)

Based on 1,254 user benchmarks. Models: ST480HM000-1G5162, ST480HM0 00-1G5162, ST480HM000, ST480HM0 ST480HM000-1G516, ST480HM0 00

Poor: 60%Average: 84.5% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate 600 480GB averaged just 15.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate 600 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 220MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 266MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate 600 480GB is 43.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate 600 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 323MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 328MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,254 samples)

Rank 41684.5%

Min	Avg	Max
322	Read 446	496
215	Write 387	450
236	Mixed 323	358
139	SusWrite 328	442
83.3% 371 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	4K Read 23.4	28.6
31.2	4K Write 67.3	99.8
17.8	4K Mixed 31.1	38.8
111% 40.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
195	DQ Read 302	358
79.6	DQ Write 266	353
78.9	DQ Mixed 220	257
182% 262 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 2 month ago.

410GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 347 352 382 375 339 MB/s

86.3% Excellent

Write 425

Mixed 344

SusWrite 360

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 60.5

4K Mixed 30.7

108% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 282

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 247

188% 256 MB/s

SWE-User, 3 months ago.

391GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 348 407 377 390 384 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 416

Mixed 323

SusWrite 370

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 25.7

85% 28.7 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 214

182% 268 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 386 392 415 424 423 MB/s

79.9% Very good

Write 388

Mixed 315

SusWrite 390

85% 379 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 38.6

4K Mixed 23.6

78% 26.8 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 252

212% 305 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 357 356 376 379 378 MB/s

72.6% Very good

Write 363

Mixed 285

SusWrite 353

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 33.3

4K Mixed 22.1

71% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 251

200% 281 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asus P8H77-M - $70

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	248x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	113x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	58x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	57x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	51x

SSD
600 480GBSeagate $199Bench 84%, 1,254 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	13x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $625

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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
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Seagate ST480HM000

600 480GB

Average Bench: 84.5% (416^th of 1072)

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600 480GB

Average Bench: 84.5% (416th of 1072)

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