Seagate ST1000DM010

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

▲ Barracuda 1TB (2016)
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Effective Speed +5% Effective Speed 5%Average Score -17%Read 6%, Write -0%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 4%Peak Score -21%Read -0%, Write 0%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write -48%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment +41% User Rating 16%, Market Share 114%, Price 73%, Value -37%Nice To Haves +26% Age 26%

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Average Bench: 92.3% (13^th of 1015)

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

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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

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 13 mins ago.

931GB free

Firmware: CC46

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 186 185 189 185 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 176

Mixed 81.7

SusWrite 187

115% 158 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.7

147% 1.1 MB/s

ESP-User, 8 mins ago.

710GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 185 186 186 176 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 82

Mixed 80.2

SusWrite 181

97% 132 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.8

150% 1.03 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 min ago.

645GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 176 186 190 190 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 145

Mixed 74.9

SusWrite 184

103% 142 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

137% 1 MB/s

MYS-User, 8 mins ago.

928GB free

Firmware: CC43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 158 158 159 155 162 MB/s

97.3% Outstanding

Write 112

Mixed 75.8

SusWrite 159

96% 132 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.7

137% 0.97 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $143Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	3,295x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $93Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,466x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $121Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	993x

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RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,190x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	901x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	882x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	628x
A400 480GBKingston $33Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	379x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	325x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	849x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	393x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $430

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HDrivePro

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Versatile, fast, dependable. The fiercest drive you've ever met...

Added 6 years ago.

USA-User

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7 months ago.

WORTH IT! great drive, may be slow to SSD standards but great for the price, best value per GB

GBR-User

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Excellent

11 months ago.

i dont know just rating for fun

MYS-User

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Terrible

3 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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Good

2 years ago.

my hdd is wd blue 1tb but saegate is win

NZL-User

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Average

2 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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2 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Seagate ST1000DM010

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Average Bench: 92.3% (13th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 92.3% (13^th of 1015)