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ST500LM0 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 20.8% (1058th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: ST500LM0
Poor: 16%Average: 20.8% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The ST500LM0 500GB averaged 79.2% 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 Random Write Speed 27.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 156MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.98MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 32.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 105820.8%
Min Avg Max
75 Read 156 250
83.9 Write 91.9 109
77.8 Mixed 100 124
70.9 SusWrite 70.9 70.9
23.3% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.64 4K Read 5.33 10.3
0.94 4K Write 27.7 44.4
0.22 4K Mixed 2.98 10.2
26.6% 12 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.41 DQ Read 62.9 188
29.6 DQ Write 32.3 35.9
2.57 DQ Mixed 19.4 52
21.9% 38.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
398GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEMD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 72 56 59 79 MB/s
32.1% Below average
Read 250
Write 84.3
Mixed 124
SusWrite 70.9
29% 132 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 26
4K Mixed 10.2
42% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 31.2
DQ Mixed 52
53% 90.4 MB/s
255GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEM8
17.5% Very poor
Read 75
Write 109
Mixed 81
20% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.91
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 0.81
26% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 0.49
DQ Write 35.9
DQ Mixed 3.51
7% 13.3 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEM8
17.2% Very poor
Read 119
Write 91
Mixed 77.8
21% 96 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 39.5
4K Mixed 0.7
23% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 0.41
DQ Write 29.6
DQ Mixed 2.57
6% 10.9 MB/s
425GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0005
16.3% Very poor
Read 180
Write 83.9
Mixed 119
28% 128 MB/s
4K Read 9.47
4K Write 0.94
4K Mixed 0.22
15% 3.54 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,773,429 SSDs tested

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Typical ST500LM0 500GB Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5423

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel  $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples68x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples60x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples32x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples200x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples4x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples4x
SSD
ST500LM0 500GBBench 21%, 4 samples1x
RAM
SH564128FJ8NZRNSDG 2x4GBSmartBench 52%, 1,166 samples15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples12x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $225

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