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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 86.9% (37th of 1015)

more Based on 695,066 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2CW102, ST2000DM008-1ER164, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM008-2FR101, ST2000DM 008-2UB102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR10001, ST2000DM008-2EP1, ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2BD186, ST2000DM008-2UB102, ST2000DM008-2EP102, ST2000DM008-2AE164, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2UB1
Poor: 53%Average: 86.9% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 13.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.04MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 173MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 53%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.79MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 695,066 samples)
Rank 3786.9%
Min Avg Max
62.8 Read 130 173
85.3 Write 142 183
62 Mixed 74 86.4
102 SusWrite 173 213
94.8% 130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 2.04 4.1
0.5 4K Write 0.79 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.26 1
128% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
524GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 208 201 211 209 211 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 145
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 206
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
126% 1.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 191 203 207 195 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 143
Write 178
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 194
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 179 170 176 176 174 MB/s
92.7% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 165
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 173
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
143% 1.07 MB/s
774GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 143 169 174 169 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 151
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 163
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
97% 0.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 172 164 172 171 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 126
Write 170
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 168
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
171% 1.2 MB/s
833GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 160 160 156 162 163 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 129
Write 176
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 161
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
180% 1.5 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 120 110 116 108 111 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 175
Write 150
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 111
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
134% 1 MB/s
579GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 152 156 148 151 160 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 119
Write 158
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 151
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
114% 0.97 MB/s
625GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 20 23 20 21 24 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 54.8
Write 20.1
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 21.6
28% 37.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
34% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming 98%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,770x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,850x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,293x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,114x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples523x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples751x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $548

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USA-User
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23 months ago.

GBR-User
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5,782

Terrible

17 months ago.

After having it for about 2 years with 140 days of running time this is on it's last legs whereas the Kingston SSD I bought at the same time is completely fine.

HKG-User
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5,504

Terrible

3 years ago.

very low speed when I continue copy in! write speed too slow!!

POL-User
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4,568

Excellent

3 months ago.

ST2000DM008 model, 18 months and it is dead.. stopped responding under system, wasn't even used heavy.. simple fkin storage for some random data. My 15 years old WD Black under heavy load 24/7/365 is working almost like new... this drive is a mistake. Hope will get a refund.

NLD-User
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3,510

Terrible

4 years ago.

Very slow, bad performing disk (the series ending on 08) related to other Seagate disks (01,06)

LVA-User
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1,716

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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56

Average

5 years ago.

It does the job

CheezyPenguinn
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14

Excellent

3 years ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

Sylphe
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12

Excellent

3 years ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

goochie
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Excellent

3 years ago.

nice

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