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Seagate ST2000LX001

FireCuda 2.5" 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 45.9% (372nd of 1015)

more Based on 71,106 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000LX001-1RG174, ST2000LX001-1RG1, ST2000LX001-1RG174-SSHD, ST2000LX ST2000LX001-1RG1, ST2000LX 001-1RG174-SSHD, ST2000LX 001-1RG174
Poor: 23%Average: 45.9% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB averaged 54.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.43MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB is 44.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 66.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71,106 samples)
Rank 37245.9%
Min Avg Max
17.8 Read 66.7 121
1.7 Write 70 118
31.8 Mixed 53.2 67.1
51.1 SusWrite 93 126
52.1% 70.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.43 2.75
0.9 4K Write 1.61 4
0.16 4K Mixed 1 2.3
201% 1.35 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 130 117 113 116 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 121
Write 110
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 121
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 2.5
495% 3.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 117 113 115 112 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 87.9
Write 121
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 117
70% 95.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
244% 1.63 MB/s
918GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 114 111 110 108 109 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 88
Write 98.8
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 110
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.3
238% 1.4 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 122 119 122 120 112 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 75.8
Write 106
Mixed 56
SusWrite 110
64% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.43 MB/s
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Gaming 35%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 30%
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System: Acer Predator G3-571

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1,554x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples12x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples793x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples770x
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples2x
SSD
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 70%, 39,780 samples531x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples257x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel  $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples97x
RAM
ACR26D4S9S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 77%, 6,230 samples423x
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 11,019 samples269x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples262x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

Bought this expecting it to be faster than the hdd I had, it's not. Glad it was on sale.

FRA-User
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4,573

Terrible

5 years ago.

Not my best buy. On a (quite) cluttered system (2/3 to 3/4 of the disk full) on a mainstream laptop (with an Intel i3 CPU), I saw no difference between this and my preview built-in HGST 5K1000, it disappointed me. It's only after a few months of still no good latency and speed that I saw that this model, even if it's widely used, is not better than a classic 7200 rpm hard drive.

JPN-User
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3,408

Terrible

5 years ago.

It generates more heat than SSDs and slower than 7200 rpm HDDs! When it's used as an external drive, it sometimes loses our precious data! You're fired, FireCuda!

ExecutableFiles
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122

Excellent

4 years ago.

Fast storage for things that you open frequently plus cheap and large capacity. 5 year warranty as well.

Dwuuds
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36

Poor

3 years ago.

its cheap, but wow is it slow.

chinamanch
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8

Excellent

5 years ago.

Large capacity storage in a tiny package. :v

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