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Seagate

BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 91.7% (307th of 1072)

Based on 7,894 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002
Poor: 65%Average: 91.7% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB averaged just 8.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 187MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 317MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 376MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,894 samples)
Rank 30791.7%
Min Avg Max
218 Read 460 515
288 Write 426 487
239 Mixed 376 416
144 SusWrite 317 439
88.7% 395 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.9 4K Read 29.8 36.8
33.8 4K Write 72.2 103
19.3 4K Mixed 36.6 45.3
130% 46.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
222 DQ Read 333 366
78.2 DQ Write 289 368
22.8 DQ Mixed 187 227
174% 269 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: STAS1024
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 359 462 463 461 462 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 479
Mixed 411
SusWrite 425
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 39.9
148% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 368
DQ Mixed 225
208% 319 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: STAS1024
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 202 297 445 444 448 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 453
Mixed 403
SusWrite 349
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 54.2
4K Mixed 33.2
115% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 230
207% 313 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: STAS1024
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 275 26 29 104 350 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 378
Write 349
Mixed 329
SusWrite 173
69% 307 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 42.6
153% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 174
146% 214 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,834,544 SSDs tested

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Gaming 39%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples871x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples715x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples544x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples456x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples425x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples404x
SSD
BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GBSeagateBench 92%, 7,894 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples131x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples127x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $325

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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