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Seagate ST2000DM006

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 91.6% (15th of 1015)

more Based on 462,780 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM006-2DM164, Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1, ST2000DM006, ST2000DM006-2EP102, ST2000DM 006-2DM164, ST2000DM006-2DM146, ST2000DM 006, ST2000DM006-2DM1, ST2000DM006-2DM, ST2000DM006-2EP1, ST2000DM006-1ER14C, ST2000DM ST2000DM006-2DM1
Poor: 63%Average: 91.6% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) averaged just 8.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 160MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) is 51.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 462,780 samples)
Rank 1591.6%
Min Avg Max
96.6 Read 160 201
74.9 Write 130 175
57.6 Mixed 77 87.2
98.6 SusWrite 159 201
96.3% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.67 0.8
1.4 4K Write 1.6 1.8
0.6 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
139% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 193 191 192 191 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 177
Mixed 85.3
SusWrite 192
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
962GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 161 163 161 163 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 163
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 162
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 175 174 174 174 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 145
Mixed 84.7
SusWrite 174
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 168 168 168 170 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 130
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 168
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
611GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 142 146 143 146 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 146
Write 108
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 144
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
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Workstation 74%
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,240x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $172Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,010x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,342x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,332x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples906x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples799x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples698x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $589

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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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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9,918

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

23 months ago.

So far, as a media server repository, it´s perfect. The price helps boosting this rank up. Who can afford a 2 tb SSD drive??

HKG-User
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5,546

Terrible

4 years ago.

Only one week and bad sectors appeared

SVN-User
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2,060

Terrible

4 years ago.

After few seconds speed drops to 30-40MBs. Buy WD Blue.

ViceCity
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118

Terrible

6 years ago.

slow

Antimat
Avatar level
42

Good

4 years ago.

Quick,cheap but..... will have a lifetime like WD? After 6 month using.... i like them!

djzgfx
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22

Excellent

5 years ago.

Faster and cheaper than my WD Black.

Darktanis
Avatar level
14

Average

2 years ago.

A good drive for storing content, but its terrible managing Windows 10 and 11... Never use him as a boot device.

Pegster
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10

Average

13 months ago.

Stable hard drive that last a long time

Termi27
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6

Average

6 years ago.

Good capacity for that price, but it does a little bit clapping when under load.

Simonvh
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 years ago.

I bought it recently, works perfectly fine and really fast, no jank yet.

Archangelariel1
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2

Excellent

6 years ago.

love the load speed and mass storage for games

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