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Seagate ST1000DM010

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 92.3% (13th of 1015)

more Based on 1,120,098 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000DM010-2EP102, ST1000DM010-2EF102, ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM010-2FP102, ST1000DM010-2DM162, ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM010-2EP102003, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM010-1EP102, ST1000DM010-2E3164, ST1000DM010-1SB102, ST1000DM010-1ET162, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM 010-2DM162, ST1000DM010-1ER162, ST1000DM010-1SD102, ST1000DM010-2FR10C, ST1000DM010-2DT166, ST1000DM010-2EP162, ST1000DM 010-2FR10C, ST1000DM010-2EF1

The 1TB Seagate Barracuda 2016 (ST1000DM010) has an impressive performance profile. With Sequential read/writes averaging 173 and 159 MBps respectively, the Barracuda can make short work of even moderately large backups. The small file (4K) performance profile is less impressive but still adequate with average read/writes coming in at 0.87 and 1.53 MBps respectively. For use as OS drives, rotational disks are quickly loosing market share to SSDs which offer orders of magnitude faster 4k read/write speeds. On the other hand cheap TLC based SSDs often have slower sustained write speeds than their rotational counterparts. Reasonably good overall performance can be achieved by using a TLC SSD to host the OS and a larger rotational drive such as the Barracuda for backups and media files. Larger capacity variants of this drive offer both better performance and better value for money. [Feb '17 HDrivePro]

Poor: 60%Average: 92.3% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) averaged just 7.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 164MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) is 52.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.51MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,120,098 samples)
Rank 1392.3%
Min Avg Max
97.6 Read 164 199
67.7 Write 144 189
62.7 Mixed 77.2 85.9
93.2 SusWrite 158 199
99.4% 136 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.82 1
1.2 4K Write 1.51 1.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
141% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 202 199 200 200 201 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 78.9
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 200
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.1 MB/s
718GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 191 186 186 186 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 183
Mixed 73.1
SusWrite 187
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
157% 1.2 MB/s
474GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 168 167 167 167 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 166
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 166
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1 MB/s
67GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 121 123 122 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 171
Write 181
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 122
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 120 117 117 117 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 171
Write 177
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 118
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
482GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 109 110 110 110 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 146
Write 152
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 110
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
294GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 113 113 112 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 138
Write 134
Mixed 79
SusWrite 112
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
115% 0.9 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 100 99 100 100 MB/s
57.4% Above average
Read 101
Write 107
Mixed 70
SusWrite 99.2
69% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 44%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,694x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,082x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples980x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples668x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples419x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples346x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $437

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

Official site www.seagate.com/...

Versatile, fast, dependable. The fiercest drive you've ever met...

Added 7 years ago.
USA-User
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9,838

Good (edit your comment) Add link

14 months ago.

WORTH IT! great drive, may be slow to SSD standards but great for the price, best value per GB

MYS-User
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3,263

Terrible

3 years ago.

I like it thats why i like it, u should like it too because it so good!!

KOR-User
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3,206

Good

2 years ago.

my hdd is wd blue 1tb but saegate is win

NZL-User
Avatar level
2,128

Average

3 years ago.

Good for storing large files like videos, music, etc. Though get WD Blue for OS or Games (smaller fragmented files) as it is much better at random IO. The Barracuda performs 12% better than the WD Blue for sequential IO but the WD Blue is 90% faster at 4k random which is very important especially for program files...

HDrivePro
Avatar level
1,391

Good

7 years ago.

ViceCity
Avatar level
118

Terrible

5 years ago.

slow

evander321
Avatar level
50

Excellent

4 years ago.

40 dollars for a hard drive that can do 200mb per second

RifluY29
Avatar level
28

Excellent

5 years ago.

Good :)

AUSWEIS
Avatar level
22

Good

2 years ago.

Fine. For its ridiculous price of $30

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Good

5 years ago.

It's good, but for an extra $15, go for the 2TB

guythatwrite
Avatar level
16

Good

2 years ago.

This is a very fast and cheap hard drive. Only problem is that it's not as reliable compared to the wd option.

EthanCrane22
Avatar level
12

Excellent

5 years ago.

Very nice drives for mass storage, games, music and more!!

MuhammadSSD
Avatar level
12

Excellent

5 years ago.

Excellent

Hellwala
Avatar level
10

Excellent

4 years ago.

Have several and all are working perfectly. Ditched the WD Blue 1tb.

Kevster5
Avatar level
8

Good

6 years ago.

This hard drive has never done me any wrong. Well over a year as a backup drive and no issues. Decent buy for the price point.

kavaltiia
Avatar level
8

Good

4 years ago.

still dose the job in 2019

gwennoryth
Avatar level
6

Average

2 years ago.

Got this on my Xidax PC for the D: drive since I heard such good things about Seagate. This thing is super noisy at times - kinda regret not doing 2x SSD.

Simonvh
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

Have been using this for a few years, recently bought the 2TB version. Never had any trouble with it, fast downloads.

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