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BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB

BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB
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Effective Speed -25%Effective Speed -25%Average Score -24%Read -8%, Write -9%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -9%Read 1%, Write -3%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -19%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -50%, ADQ Read -38%, ADQ Write -34%, ADQ Mixed -60%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 78.5% (510^th of 1072)

Based on 119 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA

Poor: 46%Average: 78.5% Great: 107%

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Good average bench

The Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB averaged 21.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB is 61.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 304MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 329MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 119 samples)

Rank 51078.5%

Min	Avg	Max
311	Read 424	514
174	Write 371	471
212	Mixed 329	400
102	SusWrite 304	417
80.2% 357 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 26.2	37.4
19.6	4K Write 54.4	101
8.2	4K Mixed 30.2	45.6
107% 36.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
96.2	DQ Read 237	356
72.4	DQ Write 215	342
48.3	DQ Mixed 163	221
140% 205 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

85GB free

Firmware: STAS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 311 420 438 439 439 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 451

Mixed 364

SusWrite 397

95% 424 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 44.6

4K Mixed 30.6

101% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 200

DQ Mixed 175

144% 205 MB/s

FIN-User, 6 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 191 352 356 356 353 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 360

Mixed 310

SusWrite 328

78% 346 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 25.7

86% 28.7 MB/s

DQ Read 71

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 99.4

80% 111 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 months ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STAS1024

SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 181 293 375 373 373 MB/s

65% Good

Write 366

Mixed 355

SusWrite 310

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 29.3

4K Mixed 21.1

71% 23.1 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 113

DQ Mixed 167

124% 168 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-D3H

CPU
Athlon II X4 740KAMDBench 49%, 4,318 samples	23x
A4-5300 APUAMD $36Bench 40%, 7,032 samples	9x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	9x

GPU
HD 7750AMDBench 8%, 22,655 samples	12x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	9x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples	6x

SSD
BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GBSeagateBench 79%, 119 samples	1x

RAM
99P5471-002.A 4x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 47 samples	4x
SHARETRONIC 1x4GBUnknownBench 27%, 954 samples	4x
DDR3 1600G 4x2GBAdataBench 43%, 200 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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BarraCuda SSD ZA 500GB

Average Bench: 78.5% (510^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 78.5% (510th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 78.5% (510^th of 1072)