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Seagate ST500LT012

Price and performance details for the Seagate ST500LT012 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 ST500LT012

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  ST500LT012-9WS142, ST500LT012-1DG142, ST500LT0 12-1DG142, ST500LT012-9WS1

Drive First Benchmarked: 2012-10-30

Drive Rating/$Price: 29.75

Overall Rank:  17182

Last Price Change:  $21.99 USD (2025-11-17)

Average Drive Rating
654
Samples: 1533

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Seagate ST500LT012

Sequential Read100 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write88 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)6 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 12th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
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1,353
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1,304
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1,240
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1,216
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1,170
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1,126
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1,048
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896
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
808
Seagate ST500LT012
654
Last 5 Baselines for Seagate ST500LT012
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3514073 - Jun 08 2026
686
BL3498480 - May 31 2026
655
BL3494672 - May 28 2026
595
BL3489964 - May 26 2026
547
BL3487018 - May 24 2026
433