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Seagate ST3000DM008

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 92.1% (14th of 1015)

more Based on 112,118 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000DM008-2DM166, ST3000DM008-1WY10G, ST3000DM008-2DM116, ST3000DM008-2DM1, ST3000DM 008-2DM166, ST3000DM008-2DM164, ST3000DM008-2U9102, ST3000DM ST3000DM008-2DM1, ST3000DM008-2D0166, 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]

Poor: 60%Average: 92.1% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) averaged just 7.9% 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 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 161MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) is 53.9%. 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 76.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 112,118 samples)
Rank 1492.1%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 161 202
78.5 Write 131 171
52 Mixed 76.7 86.9
97.8 SusWrite 160 200
96.8% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.69 0.8
1.2 4K Write 1.6 1.8
0.6 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
140% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 183 187 186 182 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 181
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 185
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 189 188 189 191 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 150
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 189
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 157 165 175 189 184 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 165
Mixed 65.3
SusWrite 169
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 157 161 162 162 166 MB/s
97.1% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 167
Mixed 83
SusWrite 162
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 65 28 17 22 45 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 182
Write 150
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 44
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $90 @ launch in Sep '16
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Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,037x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $227Bench 98%, 123,561 samples3,654x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $156Bench 96%, 159,179 samples2,955x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,936x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $807Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,833x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,287x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,610x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples936x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $121Bench 297%, 331,647 samples757x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples664x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples631x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $144Bench 89%, 144,399 samples570x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $1,000

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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

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

7 months ago.

TUR-User
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5,326

Terrible

2 years ago.

I hate it Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016 ım like is 2019 models 3tb dsik

ROU-User
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4,437

Poor

16 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! :)

MEX-User
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3,568

Excellent

3 years ago.

Everyone talks about the matter depending on how they fared. Of course, if you were satisfied, you'll give a good opinion about the product. Otherwise, your note won't be good at all. As far as my experience goes with my BarraCuda Compute 3TB (ST3000DM008), it has been behaving perfectly (intermitent use, as it's used as a backup data disc) for almost two years. Of course, I don't know what would happen if it was used as the main HD disc.

HUN-User
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3,251

Poor

3 years ago.

Favorite of the data recovery services. Shat itself, with all my data... the cheapest recovery offer was 10-20 times of the drive's price...

Review  www.backblaze.com/...

32% failure rate for 3 year operation

BEL-User
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2,434

Terrible

5 years 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.

SGP-User
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1,878

Terrible

2 years ago.

Get the 1TB Barracude instead as the 3TB uses shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology which can exhibit slow data write speeds and is unreliable too

HDrivePro
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1,391

Good

6 years ago.

ProshotJake
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28

Poor

2 years ago.

Get an ssd

metzzy
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8

Excellent

6 years ago.

Best bang for the buck!

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