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Seagate ST500LM021

Price and performance details for the Seagate ST500LM021 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 ST500LM021

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  ST500LM021-1KJ152, ST500LM0 21-1KJ152 SCSI Disk Device

Drive First Benchmarked: 2014-04-16

Drive Rating/$Price: 28.06

Overall Rank:  15765

Last Price Change:  $30 USD (2026-02-02)

Average Drive Rating
842
Samples: 675

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Seagate ST500LM021

Sequential Read130 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write116 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)8 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,313
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,379
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,255
WDC WD10EZEX
1,218
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,144
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,062
WDC WD10SPZX
902
Seagate ST500LM021
842
Last 5 Baselines for Seagate ST500LM021
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3254732 - Jan 31 2026
671
BL3241633 - Jan 26 2026
509
BL3236390 - Jan 23 2026
772
BL3228880 - Jan 20 2026
752
BL3228650 - Jan 20 2026
604