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Seagate ST480HM000

600 480GB

600 480GB
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BUY • $199

Effective Speed -545%Effective Speed -545%Average Score -636%Read -841%, Write -1,104%, 4K Read -280%, 4K Write -208%, Mixed -901%, 4K Mixed -256%, SusWrite -861%Peak Score -840%Read -1,095%, Write -1,329%, 4K Read -571%, 4K Write -279%, Mixed -1,204%, 4K Mixed -464%, SusWrite -936%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%, Price 4%, Value -1,888%Nice To Haves -531%DQ Read -548%, DQ Write -438%, DQ Mixed -716%, ADQ Read -466%, ADQ Write -372%, ADQ Mixed -575%, Age -569%, AS-SSD Total -561%

Average Bench: 84.5% (424^th of 1080)

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%

Popular builds with this SSD

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 42484.5%

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

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

604GB free

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 454 454 454 454 451 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 453

Mixed 360

SusWrite 454

99% 438 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 98.8

4K Mixed 38.3

145% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 245

203% 291 MB/s

USA-User, 18 days ago.

446GB free

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 448 447 447 447 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 443

Mixed 352

SusWrite 446

97% 431 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 98.2

4K Mixed 38

144% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 245

202% 289 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

446GB free

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 449 447 447 448 MB/s

99.1% Outstanding

Write 441

Mixed 354

SusWrite 447

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 33.1

124% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 243

202% 292 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 month ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 435 445 450 416 436 MB/s

91.6% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 325

SusWrite 434

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 63.8

4K Mixed 32.8

112% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 249

197% 272 MB/s

CAN-User, 25 days ago.

270GB free

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 401 400 400 399 386 MB/s

83.8% Excellent

Write 399

Mixed 318

SusWrite 396

87% 386 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 51.6

4K Mixed 25.3

89% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 256

214% 310 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

98GB free

Firmware: C675

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 197 182 160 151 135 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 403

Mixed 329

SusWrite 186

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 32

110% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 347

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 254

211% 304 MB/s

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus P8H77-M - $70

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Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	256x
Core i5-3470Intel $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	116x
Core i5-3570KIntel $70Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	74x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	59x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	59x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	53x

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: 45% - Average

Total price: $566

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Seagate ST480HM000

600 480GB

Average Bench: 84.5% (424^th of 1080)

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Seagate ST480HM000

600 480GB

Average Bench: 84.5% (424th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 84.5% (424^th of 1080)