Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 Hard Disk

Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD SATA 8GB NAND SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (ST500LM000)

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1TB 8GB NAND
$69.99

Solid State Hybrid Drive, boots and performs like an SSD
Thinner 7mm drive for mobile devices
5x faster than traditional 7200-RPM HDD. Ideal for gaming and performance laptop
Easy Playstation upgrade up to 500GB capacity without void warranty
64MB Cache with 8GB NAND Flash for more speed, cost efficient. Now with a 5 year warranty

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Specifications Overview

Model	ST500LM000
Release Date	March 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	500 GB
Cache	64MB
RPM	5400
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor	2.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS (132nd)		106%
Western Digital Red 1TB (133rd)		104%
estern Digital 320GB WD3200AAJS (133rd)		104%
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS (133rd)		104%
Samsung 1TB SATA II HD103UJ (136th)		~
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD 2TB ST2000LX001 (136th)		~
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500320AS (136th)		~
Seagate 1TB Firecuda (136th)		~
Western Digital WD Green 2TB (136th)		~
WD Blue 320GB WD3200AAKX (136th)		~
Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 (136th)		100%
Western Digital Blue 750GB (143rd)		97%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB (143rd)		97%
Western Digital Blue 1TB (143rd)		97%
WD Blue 1TB WD10SPCX (143rd)		97%
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB (143rd)		97%
Samsung 750GB SATA II HD753LJ (148th)		95%
Western Digital Blue 500GB Mobile (148th)		95%
Seagate Momentus Thin 320GB (148th)		95%
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB WD10EADS (151st)		93%
Western Digital 250GB Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS (151st)		93%

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Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Good value: 5.4% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green offers 63.9% better value priced at $24.

Description

Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB Specifications

Performance
- MLC NAND 8GB
- Capacity 500GB at 5,400 RPM
- DRAM Cache 64MB
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Average Data Throughput 100 MB/s
- PC Mark Vantage Average HDD Score: 19,838
- Average Windows 8 Boot Time <10secs
- Seek Average, Read <12ms
- Seek Average, Write <14ms
Configuration/Organization
- Heads/Disks: 2/1
- Bytes per Sector: 4096
Reliability/Data Integrity
- QuietStep Ramp Load
- Load/Unload Cycles: 600,000
- Norecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read, Max 1 per 10E14
- Predicted Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.48%
7mm height
Three Year Limited Warranty
Size (LxWxH): 3.951in (100.35mm) x 2.75in (69.85mm) x .275in (7mm)
Weight: 0.209lb (95g)
Power - Idle, Typical 0.9 - Seek, Typical 2.5
Environmental
- Acoustics (bels-sound power) - Idle, Typical 2.0 - Seek, Typical 2.2
- Shock, Operating, 2ms (Read/Write) (Gs): 70/40
- Shock, Non-operating, 1ms and 2ms (Gs): 300
- Operating Temperature: 0°-60C°
- Nonoperating Temperature: -40° to 70°C