Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS Hard Disk

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 3.5 ST3250318AS

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Capacity: 250 GB; Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Cache: 8 MB; Interface: SATA 3Gb/s; Max. External Transfer Rate: 300 MB/s
Average Seek Time - Average latency: 4.16ms, Read: <8.5ms, Write: <9.5ms
Shock - Operating: 70G @ 2ms; Non-operating: 350G @ 2ms

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Specifications Overview

Model	ST3250318AS
Capacity	250 GB
Cache	8MB
RPM	7200
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	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 Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS Performance

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

Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB ST31500341AS (117th)		110%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS (117th)		110%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 1TB Hybrid (124th)		106%
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EARS (125th)		104%
Western Digital 500GB WD Purple (126th)		102%
Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX (126th)		102%
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS (126th)		102%
WD Green 2TB WD20EARX (126th)		102%
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB (126th)		102%
WD Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX (126th)		102%
Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS (132nd)		100%
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS (133rd)		97%
estern Digital 320GB WD3200AAJS (133rd)		97%
Western Digital Red 1TB (133rd)		97%
Samsung 1TB SATA II HD103UJ (136th)		93%
WD Blue 320GB WD3200AAKX (136th)		93%
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD 2TB ST2000LX001 (136th)		93%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500320AS (136th)		93%
Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 (136th)		93%
Seagate 1TB Firecuda (136th)		93%
Western Digital WD Green 2TB (136th)		93%

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Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Fair value: 9.4% below average.
3 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: WD Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX offers 55.1% better value priced at $33.