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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, 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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 189 190 189 190 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 144
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 189
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
399GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 181 191 184 193 193 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 163
Mixed 81
SusWrite 188
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $70 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples4,291x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $230Bench 76%, 159,077 samples2,763x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,471x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,274x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,144x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,091x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples771x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples666x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $39Bench 276%, 367,854 samples599x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples827x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $589

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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 6 years ago.
USA-User
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9,398

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

9 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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5,302

Terrible

3 years ago.

Only one week and bad sectors appeared

SVN-User
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1,992

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

ViceCity
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118

Terrible

4 years ago.

slow

Antimat
Avatar level
42

Good

3 years ago.

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

djzgfx
Avatar level
22

Excellent

4 years ago.

Faster and cheaper than my WD Black.

Darktanis
Avatar level
14

Average

12 months ago.

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

Termi27
Avatar level
6

Average

5 years ago.

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

Simonvh
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4

Excellent

24 months ago.

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

Archangelariel1
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2

Excellent

5 years ago.

love the load speed and mass storage for games

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