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BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB

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Effective Speed +96% Effective Speed 96%Average Score +125% Read 121%, Write 337%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 44%, Mixed 176%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 163%Peak Score +180% Read 218%, Write 391%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 48%, Mixed 297%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 266%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +250% DQ Read 340%, DQ Write 269%, DQ Mixed 325%, ADQ Read 250%, ADQ Write 207%, ADQ Mixed 257%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total 267%

Average Bench: 193% (104^th of 1072)

Based on 3,097 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001

Poor: 116%Average: 193% Great: 281%

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Outstanding average bench

The Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB averaged 93.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 930MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,142MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB is 164%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 779MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,097 samples)

Rank 104193%

Min	Avg	Max
441	Read 1,012	1,613
893	Write 1,771	2,381
240	Mixed 990	1,679
386	SusWrite 779	1,417
258% 1,138 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	4K Read 40.5	50.7
61.5	4K Write 126	181
25.7	4K Mixed 53.4	71.3
196% 73.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
673	DQ Read 1,142	1,616
306	DQ Write 888	1,322
326	DQ Mixed 930	1,407
719% 987 MB/s

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

USA-User, 5 days ago.

156GB free

Firmware: STPSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2226 2202 1933 387 482 397 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 2,083

Mixed 1,586

SusWrite 1271

363% 1,604 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 91.8

4K Mixed 52.7

169% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,427

DQ Write 1,224

DQ Mixed 1,315

988% 1,322 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

331GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STPSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 669 559 649 667 586 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 2,382

Mixed 1,666

SusWrite 691

355% 1,570 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 66.6

227% 83.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,447

DQ Write 1,140

DQ Mixed 1,246

946% 1,278 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

393GB free (System drive)

Firmware: STPSC014

SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 610 587 601 591 591 MB/s

169% Outstanding

Write 1,359

Mixed 948

SusWrite 613

192% 841 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 61.9

213% 77.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,189

DQ Write 944

DQ Mixed 911

724% 1,015 MB/s

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System: Alphasync 1129746

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	139x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	2x
Core i3-10320IntelBench 90%, 620 samples	1x

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RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	99x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	11x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	7x

SSD
BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GBSeagateBench 193%, 3,097 samples	37x

RAM
CMWX16GC3200C16W2E 1x16GBCorsairBench 48%, 315 samples	57x
CMWX16GC3200C16W2E 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 1,287 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	7x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $861

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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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BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB

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