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Seagate ST3000DM008

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 97.3% (8th of 1010)

more Based on 25,657 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000DM008-2DM166, ST3000DM008-2DM1, ST3000DM 008-2DM166, ST3000DM ST3000DM008-2DM1, Seagate ST3000DM008-2DM1, ST3000DM 008

The new 3TB Seagate Barracuda 2016 (ST3000DM008) replaces its hugely successful predecessor, the 3TB Barracuda 7200.14 2011 (ST3000DM001). Comparing performance between the two models shows that the newer drive has 12% faster sequential speeds, comparable 4K speeds, improved mixed sequential speed and reduced mixed 4K speed. Overall, the effective speed is 12% faster on the 2016 model. Since there is normally little price difference between the two models the 2016 version is the clear winner especially for use as a backup drive with its impressive sequential read and write speeds of nearly 200 MBps. See the current value leaders here. [Feb '17 HDrivePro]

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Poor: 59%Average: 97.3% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) averaged just 2.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.76MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 171MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) is 56.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.68MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25,657 samples)
Rank 897.3%
Min Avg Max
97.7 Read 171 204
79.5 Write 140 180
59.8 Mixed 77.7 87.5
99.7 SusWrite 169 204
102% 139 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.68 0.8
1.4 4K Write 1.61 1.9
0.6 4K Mixed 0.76 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%
1TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 163 163 163 163 MB/s
93.9% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 148
Mixed 76.6
SusWrite 162
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 163 166 166 166 166 MB/s
93.2% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 123
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 164
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 158 158 157 158 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 151
Write 108
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 156
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 95%, 223,210 samples10,532x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 91%, 72,985 samples1,764x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $299Bench 88%, 220,456 samples613x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $470Bench 124%, 316,273 samples3,215x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 152%, 221,412 samples3,180x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $310Bench 98%, 392,909 samples2,662x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $98Bench 113%, 276,453 samples1,625x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 198%, 98,850 samples1,532x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 334,073 samples1,474x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $125Bench 86%, 119,727 samples1,477x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 89%, 61,788 samples960x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $160Bench 89%, 38,381 samples855x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $1,543

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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 22 months ago.
USA-User
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4,594

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

i mean its an hdd so it's faster than an ssd, would recommenced

ROU-User
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2,159

Excellent

10 months ago.

I bought this new HDD for all my data accumulated in 15 years. Almost 2T of data. I have a lot of data types: zip, office, eml, rar, pdf, mod, waw, mov, png, jpg, etc, etc.... Smoothly transferred all data . I dont received any failure yet. I hope will not in future! :)

BEL-User
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1,392

Terrible

11 months ago.

With, after under four years of not so intensive use in a Synology DS413J NAS, a failure rate of 100% for the two Seagate ST3000DM001 drives I used in it , it is safe to say that this Barracuda series was a total disaster as is also seconded by many internet testimonials. So whether this drive was the fastest or not is totally irrelevant if it proves to be as unreliable as it is. Needles to say I think that I didn't replace them by other Seagate drives. The Hitachi 3TB drives I'm also using in the same NAS ran (an still run !) consistently cooler. Shame on you Seagate.

HDrivePro
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891

Good

21 months ago.

metzzy
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Excellent

20 months ago.

Best bang for the buck!

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