Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM Hard Disk

Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16 MB Cache 2.5-Inch (ST500LT012)

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Options (2)

	320 GB 7200rpm $46.55
	500 GB 7200rpm $47.00

Slim and lightweight style with laptop encryption as option
Compatible with SATA 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s designs
Up to 500GB capacity
7200 RPM options available
2 year warranty

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Specifications Overview

Model	ST500LT012
Release Date	September 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	500 GB
Cache	16MB
RPM	5400
Interface	SATA 3 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 Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM Performance

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

Samsung HD502HI 500GB (143rd)		107%
Samsung 750GB SATA II HD753LJ (148th)		104%
Seagate Momentus Thin 320GB (148th)		104%
Western Digital Blue 500GB Mobile (148th)		104%
Seagate 500GB Firecuda ST500LX025 (151st)		102%
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB WD10EADS (151st)		102%
Western Digital Blue 500GB (151st)		102%
Western Digital 250GB Caviar Blue (151st)		102%
Western Digital 250GB Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS (151st)		102%
Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB ST1000LM024 (156th)		~
Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM (156th)		100%
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green (158th)		97%
WD Black 320GB WD3200BEKX (158th)		97%
Western Digital 160GB WD1600AAJS (160th)		95%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD032 320GB (161st)		92%
WD Blue 320GB WD3200LPVX (162nd)		90%
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAJS (162nd)		90%
WD Blue 500GB WD5000BPVT (164th)		85%
Western Digital 80GB Caviar Blue WD800AAJS (165th)		80%
Seagate Momentus 500GB ST9500325AS (166th)		76%
Western Digital WD5000BEVT 500GB (166th)		76%

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Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 23.3% below average.
7 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green offers 119.5% better value priced at $24.