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Seagate ST2000VX000

Video SV35.6 Series 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 89% (29th of 1015)

more Based on 12,330 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000VX000-1CU164, ST2000VX000-1CU1, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-1ES1, ST2000VX 000-9YW164, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-1CU1, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-9YW1, ST2000VX000-9YW1, ST2000VX000-1ES164, ST2000VX000-1ES1, ST2000VX 000-1CU164, ST2000VX000-9YW164, ST2000VX 000-1ES164

In terms of specs, price and age the Video SV35.6 appears to be identical to its 2TB Barracuda 7200.14 sibling. We have only seen nine user samples for the SV35.6 so far so we don't have enough data to formulate a strong opinion as yet but based on the samples we have seen, this drive appears to underperform the barracuda. Peak sequential speeds are similar but random 4k speeds lag by around 15%. It's possible that these are just statistical discrepancies that will iron themselves out as we see more samples but in the mean time we would recommend the barracuda 7200.14 over this drive. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 56%Average: 89% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB averaged just 10.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 159MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB is 56.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.28MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,330 samples)
Rank 2989%
Min Avg Max
93.5 Read 159 201
89.7 Write 153 196
37.8 Mixed 73.3 88.6
92 SusWrite 152 200
98% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.75 0.9
0.6 4K Write 1.28 1.7
0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
133% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 200 198 202 201 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 182
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 202
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 196 196 197 197 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 153
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 196
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
994GB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 170 171 172 172 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 136
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 171
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
543GB free
Firmware: CV27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 159 155 156 157 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 156
Write 152
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 157
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $116 @ launch in Dec '11
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel  $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,566x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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