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Seagate ST1000DM010

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 93.7% (12th of 1014)

more Based on 591,545 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000DM010-2EP102, ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM010-2DM162, ST1000DM010-2FR10C, ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2DM1, ST1000DM ST1000DM010-2EP1, ST1000DM 010-2DM162, 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: 63%Average: 93.7% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) averaged just 6.3% 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 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 168MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) is 51.8%. 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 77.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.52MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 591,545 samples)
Rank 1293.7%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 168 202
72.9 Write 149 194
62.8 Mixed 77.3 85.7
97 SusWrite 159 199
101% 138 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.82 1
1.2 4K Write 1.52 1.8
0.51 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
145% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
470GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 176 178 177 178 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 156
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 176
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 184 183 185 186 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 150
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 185
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.1 MB/s
701GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 196 194 196 197 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 129
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 195
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.13 MB/s
322GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 134 137 137 137 MB/s
89.8% Excellent
Read 177
Write 66
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 136
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 157 157 157 156 MB/s
87.8% Excellent
Read 150
Write 154
Mixed 84
SusWrite 156
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $50 @ launch in Sep '16
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $145Bench 78%, 466,002 samples8,059x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $175Bench 84%, 451,203 samples6,017x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $169Bench 80%, 203,966 samples2,596x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 57%, 524,474 samples3,979x
RX 570AMD  $137Bench 49%, 230,354 samples2,936x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 69%, 107,910 samples2,190x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 64%, 196,784 samples1,762x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 99,987 samples898x
A400 480GBKingston  $47Bench 75%, 91,865 samples862x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 300,565 samples1,888x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 83%, 371,676 samples1,655x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $59Bench 86%, 148,505 samples1,088x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $485

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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 3 years ago.
USA-User
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6,912

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

has=d 2 of these HDD fail within 18 months. They both had less then 7 tbw, and 11 tb read

AUS-User
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2,930

Terrible

2 months ago.

its extremely reliable, been 4 years and its still holding my steam library

KOR-User
Avatar level
2,390

Good

14 months ago.

my hdd is wd blue 1tb but saegate is win

MYS-User
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2,365

Terrible

2 months ago.

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

HDrivePro
Avatar level
1,391

Good

3 years ago.

Viper207
Avatar level
362

Terrible

2 months ago.

fast but has not a small percentage of marriage

ViceCity
Avatar level
102

Terrible

2 years ago.

slow

evander321
Avatar level
50

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

RifluY29
Avatar level
28

Excellent

17 months ago.

Good :)

KGGames
Avatar level
26

Excellent

5 days ago.

This HDD is very good, offering very good performance and reliability while still managing to be cheap!

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Good

22 months ago.

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

EthanCrane22
Avatar level
12

Excellent

19 months ago.

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

MuhammadSSD
Avatar level
12

Excellent

17 months ago.

Excellent

Hellwala
Avatar level
10

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

Kevster5
Avatar level
8

Good

2 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

9 months ago.

still dose the job in 2019

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