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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

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%
612GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 201 201 203 201 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 199
Mixed 82
SusWrite 202
124% 170 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
766GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 191 189 188 191 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 183
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 190
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
369GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 162 162 162 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 146
Write 146
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 162
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
354GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 150 150 151 152 MB/s
87.8% Excellent
Read 156
Write 84.5
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 150
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.1 MB/s
246GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 137 136 138 135 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 167
Write 162
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 137
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.13 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $50 @ launch in Sep '16
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $80

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,748x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,835x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,129x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,335x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples1,035x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1,015x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples700x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples362x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples972x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples627x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples441x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $395

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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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10,044

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

MYS-User
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3,345

Terrible

4 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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3,252

Good

3 years ago.

my hdd is wd blue 1tb but saegate is win

NZL-User
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2,184

Average

4 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
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1,391

Good

7 years ago.

ViceCity
Avatar level
118

Terrible

6 years ago.

slow

evander321
Avatar level
50

Excellent

5 years ago.

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

RifluY29
Avatar level
28

Excellent

5 years ago.

Good :)

AUSWEIS
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22

Good

2 years ago.

Fine. For its ridiculous price of $30

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Good

6 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
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4

Excellent

3 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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