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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 14% (1067th of 1072)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Model: ST5000DM000-1FK1
Poor: 9%Average: 14% Great: 19%

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Terrible average bench

The ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB averaged 86.0% 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. Sustained Write Speed 125MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB is just 9.14%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 3.82MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Rank 106714%
Min Avg Max
10.8 Read 88.2 162
44.4 Write 114 162
19.9 Mixed 61.1 110
65.7 SusWrite 125 172
22% 97.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.07 1.46
8.2 4K Write 11.1 13.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
8.67% 4.35 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 DQ Read 3.82 4.25
3.84 DQ Write 9.29 14.8
0.16 DQ Mixed 1.66 2.68
2.67% 4.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
237GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 125 122 121 122 MB/s
13.9% Very poor
Read 92.8
Write 90.1
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 123
20% 90.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 12.9
4K Mixed 0.6
8% 4.63 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 15.1
DQ Mixed 2.1
3% 6.1 MB/s
836GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 133 127 120 124 MB/s
13.4% Very poor
Read 73.2
Write 147
Mixed 89
SusWrite 126
25% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 11.3
4K Mixed 0.9
9% 4.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 8.2
DQ Mixed 1.6
2% 3.63 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 144 144 144 142 139 MB/s
13.1% Very poor
Read 53.9
Write 121
Mixed 92.5
SusWrite 139
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 0.9
8% 4.03 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.7
DQ Mixed 1.9
2% 3.27 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 121 122 111 125 MB/s
13.1% Very poor
Read 97.1
Write 75.7
Mixed 33
SusWrite 119
18% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 0.5
6% 3.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 5.5
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 2.7 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 116 122 119 120 MB/s
10.7% Very poor
Read 32.8
Write 77.8
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 118
15% 67.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 0.6
8% 4.27 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 4.8
DQ Mixed 1.6
2% 2.43 MB/s
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Gaming 142%
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Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples423x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples416x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $199Bench 98%, 128,080 samples292x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples203x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples179x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples172x
SSD
ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TBBench 14%, 71 samples1x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples74x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $603

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