ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB

ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB
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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -26%Read -51%, Write -94%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -16%Peak Score -25%Read -6%, Write -17%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -24%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -11%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -47%, ADQ Read -12%, ADQ Write 7%, ADQ Mixed -24%, Age 43%, AS-SSD Total -20%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: ST3000DM008-2DM166

Poor: 79%Average: 86% Great: 90%

Popular builds with this SSD

Acer Aspire GX-785 (2)

Very good average bench

The ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB averaged just 13.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 210MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.1MB/s

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Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 209MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 255MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 38986%

Min	Avg	Max
196	Read 302	476
105	Write 209	414
331	Mixed 341	348
181	SusWrite 255	313
62.3% 277 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.6	4K Read 37.1	37.4
80.2	4K Write 82.2	84
31.6	4K Mixed 37.5	40.4
148% 52.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
268	DQ Read 291	302
303	DQ Write 309	315
186	DQ Mixed 210	226
183% 270 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

72GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 414 259 107 110 110 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 356

SusWrite 235

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 85.7

4K Mixed 42.2

157% 55.3 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 227

192% 278 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,800,148 SSDs tested

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 38%

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System: Acer Aspire GX-785

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	446x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	170x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	205x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	78x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	57x

SSD
ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GBBench 86%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
ACR24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 72%, 1,454 samples	83x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	46x
ACR26D4U9D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 528 samples	32x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $286

Popular ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB systems:

Acer Aspire GX-785 (2)

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ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB

Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1072)

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Unknown consistency

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System: Acer Aspire GX-785

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ST3000DM008-2DM166 480GB

Average Bench: 86% (389th of 1072)

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

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Unknown consistency

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Average Bench

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System: Acer Aspire GX-785

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Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1072)