UserBenchmark: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 vs WD RE4 (2010)

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Best Bench: 76% 592GB free
Worst Bench: 37% 394GB free (System drive)

Poor: 37% Great: 76%

SPEED RANK: 189^th / 1015

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Best Bench: 112% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 427GB free (System drive)

Poor: 55% Great: 112%

SPEED RANK: 27^th / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		59.8 %			89.2 %	Much faster effective speed. +49%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	109 MB/s		158 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +45%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	103 MB/s		133 MB/s	Faster write speed. +29%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	1.09 MB/s	Much faster random read. +40%	0.78 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.22 MB/s	Much faster random write. +37%	1.62 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	80.8 MB/s	+4%	77.5 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.9 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +17%	0.77 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	99 MB/s		153 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +55%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	137 MB/s		201 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +47%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	130 MB/s		186 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +43%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1.4 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +40%	1 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	3.1 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +48%	2.1 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	105 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +17%	89.4 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.1 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +10%	1 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	131 MB/s		201 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +53%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %	4.95 %	Insanely higher market share. +12,275%
Value Value For Money	19.9 %	63.7 %	Hugely better value. +220%
User Rating UBM User Rating	50 %	58 %	More popular. +16%
Price Price (score)	$30	$28	Slightly cheaper. +7%


Age Newest		121+ Months	More recent. +19%		149 Months


Capacity Capacity			500GB			1TB

The 1TB Barracuda 7200.14 boasts impressive peak sequential read/write Lab speeds of 195/193 MB/s. These best case burst speeds indicate what the Barracuda is capable of under Lab perfect test conditions. Our real world benchmarks have been sourced from hundreds of users and give a better sense of how well this drive actually performs on a day to day basis. The 1TB 7200.14 has an average UBM sequential read/write speed of 147 MB/s, which is a superb result, especially for a budget drive. With 4K random read/write speeds of 0.77/1.53 MB/s small file performance is also respectable making the 1TB Barracuda a very good all round performer. In terms of value for money the relatively small 1TB drive is not as good value as its larger 3TB sibling but in the 1 TB category this is one of the best value for money drives available. ^{[Jan '14 HDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16