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Seagate BarraCud 512GB

Seagate BarraCud 512GB
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Effective Speed +59% Effective Speed 59%Average Score +63% Read 96%, Write 147%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 100%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 77%Peak Score +143% Read 208%, Write 300%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write 71%, Mixed 267%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 128%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +216% DQ Read 276%, DQ Write 306%, DQ Mixed 293%, ADQ Read 184%, ADQ Write 159%, ADQ Mixed 193%, Age 68%, AS-SSD Total 245%

Average Bench: 157% (146^th of 1071)

Based on 27 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Seagate BarraCud

Poor: 114%Average: 157% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Seagate BarraCud 512GB averaged 57.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 762MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 928MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 512GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 524MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)

Rank 146157%

Min	Avg	Max
519	Read 897	1,562
517	Write 1,003	1,938
263	Mixed 719	1,554
249	SusWrite 524	881
177% 786 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.6	4K Read 32.5	49.6
28.6	4K Write 105	209
20.6	4K Mixed 48.9	65.8
167% 62 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.4	DQ Read 928	1,381
7.1	DQ Write 749	1454
50.8	DQ Mixed 762	1303
591% 813 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

447GB free

Firmware: 1021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 994 612 615 611 617 615 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,779

Mixed 1,538

SusWrite 677

307% 1,362 MB/s

4K Read 37.7

4K Write 96.4

4K Mixed 54.2

178% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,135

DQ Write 875

DQ Mixed 973

737% 995 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 years ago.

248GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STCS1020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 488 476 409 441 395 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 739

Mixed 857

SusWrite 460

172% 767 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 51

185% 69.7 MB/s

DQ Read 950

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 658

467% 614 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 months ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STCS1024 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 488 243 283 280 256 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 822

Mixed 724

SusWrite 348

137% 603 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 75.6

4K Mixed 45.1

151% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,045

DQ Write 854

DQ Mixed 722

603% 874 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 months ago.

379GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STCS1024 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 660 404 380 413 409 420 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 805

Mixed 897

SusWrite 448

168% 744 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 75.7

4K Mixed 49.2

154% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 536

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 498

348% 443 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 months ago.

176GB free

Firmware: STCS1020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 292 369 362 341 332 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 1,023

Mixed 441

SusWrite 350

135% 598 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 92.9

4K Mixed 45.8

157% 57.1 MB/s

DQ Read 850

DQ Write 689

DQ Mixed 234

321% 591 MB/s

ZAF-User, 21 months ago.

112GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STCS1024 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 274 357 177 260 199 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 991

Mixed 283

SusWrite 249

122% 542 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 28.6

130% 49.9 MB/s

DQ Read 841

DQ Write 683

DQ Mixed 520

455% 681 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 months ago.

383GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STCS1024 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 191 329 291 265 252 MB/s

63.6% Good

Write 517

Mixed 580

SusWrite 279

110% 488 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 28.6

4K Mixed 20.6

70% 22.6 MB/s

DQ Read 77.1

DQ Write 7.1

DQ Mixed 85.6

51% 56.6 MB/s

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 13 9360

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	427x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	379x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	330x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	776x
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	591x
Iris Plus 640 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 7,552 samples	241x

SSD
Seagate BarraCud 512GBNvmeBench 157%, 27 samples	1x

RAM
MT52L512M32D2PF-10 2x4GBMicronBench 58%, 8,965 samples	599x
H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 6,118 samples	299x
MT52L1G32D4PG-093 2x8GBMicronBench 66%, 14,288 samples	194x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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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Average Bench: 157% (146^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 157% (146th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 157% (146^th of 1071)