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Seagate ST1000DM010

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 93.1% (12th of 1015)

more Based on 968,192 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000DM010-2EP102, ST1000DM010-2EF102, ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM010-2DM162, ST1000DM010-2FR10C, ST1000DM010-2DT166, ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM 010-2FR10C, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM 010-2DM162, ST1000DM010-2EF1, ST1000DM010-1SD102

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: 61%Average: 93.1% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) averaged just 6.8% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 166MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) is 53%. 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 76.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.52MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 968,192 samples)
Rank 1293.1%
Min Avg Max
99.2 Read 166 202
59.8 Write 144 190
62.7 Mixed 76.7 86
88 SusWrite 159 199
99.7% 136 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.82 1
1.2 4K Write 1.52 1.8
0.5 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
143% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
753GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 176 179 179 179 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 169
Mixed 84
SusWrite 177
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
881GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 131 111 187 185 80 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 63.6
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 142
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 111 106 107 107 107 MB/s
85.5% Excellent
Read 192
Write 172
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 106
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.13 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 102 102 102 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 190
Write 169
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 101
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $50 @ launch in Sep '16
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $225Bench 77%, 711,800 samples16,971x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $212Bench 84%, 1,022,963 samples12,514x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $210Bench 79%, 335,911 samples5,455x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 55%, 786,143 samples7,547x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 396,619 samples5,730x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 283,047 samples4,757x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 370,522 samples3,713x
A400 480GBKingston  $44Bench 73%, 179,499 samples1,869x
A400 120GBKingston  $23Bench 60%, 157,023 samples1,666x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 495,390 samples4,384x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 83%, 567,745 samples3,149x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $69Bench 85%, 255,834 samples2,202x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $660

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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 4 years ago.
USA-User
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8,180

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

MYS-User
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2,813

Terrible

15 months ago.

I like it thats why i like it, u should like it too because it so good!!

KOR-User
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2,726

Good

2 months ago.

my hdd is wd blue 1tb but saegate is win

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,770

Average

11 months 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

4 years ago.

Viper207
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456

Terrible

15 months ago.

fast but has not a small percentage of marriage

ViceCity
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102

Terrible

3 years ago.

slow

evander321
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50

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

RifluY29
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28

Excellent

2 years ago.

Good :)

_LTG_
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16

Good

2 years ago.

It's good, but for an extra $15, go for the 2TB

EthanCrane22
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Very nice drives for mass storage, games, music and more!!

MuhammadSSD
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Excellent

Hellwala
Avatar level
10

Excellent

23 months ago.

Have several and all are working perfectly. Ditched the WD Blue 1tb.

Kevster5
Avatar level
8

Good

3 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
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8

Good

22 months ago.

still dose the job in 2019

Simonvh
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4

Excellent

2 months 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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