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SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive

Price and performance details for the SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive

Description:  ST3500630NS

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  ST3500630NS

Drive First Benchmarked: 2012-11-13

Drive Rating/$Price: 88.17

Overall Rank:  9919

Last Price Change:  $39 USD (2026-01-31)

Average Drive Rating
3438
Samples: 14

Disk Test Suite Average Results for SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive

Sequential Read418 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write409 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)200 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD111 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive
3,438
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,311
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,377
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,254
WDC WD10EZEX
1,216
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,143
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,060
WDC WD10SPZX
901
Last 5 Baselines for SEAGATE Barracuda 500GB Drive
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3279769 - Feb 11 2026
312
BL2855836 - Aug 23 2025
470
BL2689505 - Jun 11 2025
471
BL1958002 - Nov 29 2023
551
BL1930237 - Oct 23 2023
23393