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Seagate ST2000DX002

FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.5% (50th of 1015)

more Based on 133,734 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DX002-2DV164, ST2000DX002-2DM162, ST2000DX 002, ST2000DX 002-2DV164, Seagate ST2000DX002-2DV1, ST2000DX ST2000DX002-2DV1, ST2000DX002-2DV162, ST2000DX002-2DV1, ST2000DX002-2DV1CC41, ST2000DX002-2DV14, ST2000DX002-SSHD8G, ST2000DX ST2000DX002-2DV, ST2000DX002-9VT166, ST2000DX002-1CT164, ST2000DX002-1CT166, ST2000DX002-2DR166, ST2000DX002-2DV1264, ST2000DX002-2E4166, ST2000DX002-2DV166
Poor: 53%Average: 84.5% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016) averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.87MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016) is 57.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 134MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 133,734 samples)
Rank 5084.5%
Min Avg Max
57.1 Read 134 189
76.2 Write 135 184
26.2 Mixed 32 73.3
98.9 SusWrite 160 204
83.2% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.08 1.2
1.6 4K Write 4.87 5.3
0.72 4K Mixed 1.84 2.1
340% 2.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
559GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 146 146 144 145 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 146
Write 128
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 145
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
362% 2.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 133 132 132 132 132 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 150
Write 158
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 130
84% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
349% 2.7 MB/s
693GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 148 184 192 190 192 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 67
Write 173
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 178
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
367% 2.77 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $100 @ launch in Sep '16
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples890x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples686x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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The fastest PC hard drive...

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Good (edit your comment) Add link

6 months ago.

Doesn't show up in the Benchmark test, despite the system bios saying its in use. Regardless, I have had no issues apart from my product including no instruction manual, which for a first time build, made things a tad bit more difficult. It works though.

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Excellent

5 years ago.

Owned one for ~3 months. Average speeds are not what I expected. Performance has mostly been the same as an old samsung I had which achieved avg read speeds of 100MB/s. My most recent bench suggests it's not running at optimal performance. see below: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/5513683 Interestingly the all time average is actually lower than the traditional 2TB Barracuda model which to me seems that in practice this SSHD does not live up to its theoretical speeds. I thought it would operate the same as the Barracuda with the added bonus of a 8BG SSD cache for regularly used data. I have not once witnessed speeds close to SSD speed, or above a fully mechanical drive for that matter. Save some coin and get the Barracuda.

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