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SeagateST3000DM001
  

Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 235,505 user samples
235,501 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 3TB free
Worst Bench: 56% 2TB free (System drive)
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 31st / 1015
4 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 124% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 122% 675GB free
Poor: 122% Great: 124%
SPEED RANK: 1st / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
88.3 % 123 % Much faster effective speed.
+40%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
152 MB/s 228 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+50%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
127 MB/s 214 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+69%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.71 MB/s 0.82 MB/s Faster random read.
+15%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
1.72 MB/s 4.22 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+145%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
75.6 MB/s 90.5 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+20%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.72 MB/s 1.27 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+76%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
155 MB/s 202 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+30%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
200 MB/s 238 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+19%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
177 MB/s 222 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+25%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
0.9 MB/s 0.9 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
3.11 MB/s 4.3 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+38%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
86.9 MB/s 92.6 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+7%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.9 MB/s 1.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+44%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
200 MB/s 205 MB/s +2%
Market Share
Based on 53,887,795 HDDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
50 %
Age
Newest
157 Months 57+ Months Much more recent.
+64%
Capacity
Capacity
3TB 1TB

This drive can be used as a combined system and storage drive thanks to its fast 7200K rpm and enormous 3TB capacity. Recently prices for all large drives have been dropping and the 3TB Barracuda 7200.14 is currently a good choice in terms of both value for money and performance. Not only does the Barracuda have respectable sequential read/write speeds but it also goes head to head with the various green options, consuming a very reasonable 5.4W vs 5W (idle) on average for a "green" drive. That amounts to a tiny power consumption disadvantage and a lot more speed. Overall the Barracuda is priced aggressively and represents very good value for money. [Oct '12 HDrivePro]

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