Userbenchmark test on HDD Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

[jruizlinares789]

I've got the 1TB Seagate Barracuda 2016 (ST1000DM010) and when i Run the UserBenchmark test everything is alright but the only issue is this HDD that for some reason i cannot fix or now how to increase its speed, please I would appreciate some help

This is the SMART test that they show in their page and I don't have a clue about it

(ID) Attribute Now Worst Value
(01) Raw read error rate 83 63 229037609
(03) Spinup time 97 97 0
(04) Start/Stop count 100 100 583
(05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0
(07) Seek error rate 80 60 116191558
(09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1687
(0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0
(0C) Power cycle count 100 100 392
(B7) Unknown 100 100 0
(B8) Unknown 100 100 0
(BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0
(BC) Unknown 100 100 0
(BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0
(BE) vendor-specific 73 68 454754331
(C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 591
(C2) HDA temperature 27 16 68719476763
(C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 229037609
(C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0
(C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0
(C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
(F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126314988177002
(F1) Unknown 100 253 36461621384
(F2) Unknown 100 253 27089314864

 

[mdd1963]

check crystaldiskmark for performance numbers,

and crystaldiskinfo for summary on any issues (good/bad, etc...)

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskmark/

 

[jruizlinares789]

But i dont really understand the meaning of the Userbenchmark test

 

[mdd1963]

crystaldiskinfo will give you an easy to read 'good' or 'bad', etc...

crystaldiskmark will let you test sequential performance throughput, which would run about 150-180 MB/sec for a decent 7200 rpm drive, and as low as 80 MB/sec for a laptop 5400 rpm drive...

As for a drive's speed, you are not going to increase it anyway....(it will be at it's fastest when freshly formatted and almost empty, and, get slower as it fills up, but, for the most part, you can only measuer the perfomrance, and reasonably conclude if it is good, bad, failing based on it's performance, or errors regarding reallocated sectors, etc.....

 

[USAFRet]

But i dont really understand the meaning of the Userbenchmark test

The way userbenchmark reports is badly flawed.

Example:

Let's assume that the absolute perfect drive is "100".
Perfect from the factory.

All user drives tested are between 90 and 95.
All still very, very good, right?

A drive at "92" is in the "25th percentile".
OMG!!! IT SUCKS!!
No, it doesn't.

That is the "25th percentile" of drives tested. The range between 90 and 95...not 0 and 100.

Feel free to ignore that reading.
Use the manufacturers testing utility.

 

[seagate_surfer]

Hello jruizlinares789, as you have a Seagste drive, use Seatools to get a detailed report on how your drive is behaving. Third party benchmarks do not have all the specifications and thresholds required to give an accurate result for our drives.