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Seagate ST4000VN008

IronWolf 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 89.6% (25th of 1014)

more Based on 26,217 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000VN008-2DR166, ST4000VN ST4000VN008-2DR1, ST4000VN008-1F2168, ST4000VN008-2CX188, ST4000VN 008-2DR166, ST4000VN008-2DR1
Poor: 62%Average: 89.6% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) averaged just 10.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.79MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) is 46.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26,217 samples)
Rank 2589.6%
Min Avg Max
92.7 Read 154 192
95.6 Write 153 185
47.4 Mixed 72.1 86.1
96 SusWrite 158 192
98.2% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.69 0.8
1.3 4K Write 1.9 2.2
0.6 4K Mixed 0.79 0.9
152% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 173 180 175 180 MB/s
99.9% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 181
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 175
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 118 116 126 128 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 138
Write 128
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 118
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $193

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,636x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,260x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,408x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,233x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,072x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,465x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,834x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples1,105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples864x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples769x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples645x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $933

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DEU-User
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Good

2 years ago.

i had two of the Toshiba (4TB) in my Qnap running. The temperature was about 10 °C higher and the noise lever was much higher! I changed it to the Iron wolf and if there is a differant of the performence I can´t feel it, but it is quiter

IDN-User
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4,629

Good

4 years ago.

Fast and high capacity storage plus SSD caching? This HDD, despite costing few dollar more than non-SSHD counterpart (Seagate Barracuda 4TB), may be better for users who opt for spending extra for very fast and high capacity storage. Otherwise, get the non-SSHD counterpart instead.

Jakoski360
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Good

4 years ago.

Using three of these in my main server and are running great

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