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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.8% (55th of 1015)

Based on 19,236 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 55%Average: 84.8% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 15.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.75MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 50.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,236 samples)
Rank 5584.8%
Min Avg Max
91 Read 147 188
74 Write 128 168
49.4 Mixed 65.4 77
95 SusWrite 148 188
89.3% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.67 0.7
1.3 4K Write 1.83 2.3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.75 0.9
145% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 167 168 168 167 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 151
Mixed 76.4
SusWrite 167
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 171 171 168 169 172 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 136
Write 143
Mixed 70
SusWrite 169
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 49 153 190 158 179 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 159
Write 88.3
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 144
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
422GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 89 87 89 88 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 95
Write 84.8
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 87.5
58% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 76%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 79%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $160

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $320Bench 73%, 146,677 samples6,800x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $289Bench 75%, 83,309 samples5,234x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $160Bench 73%, 254,069 samples3,121x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $408Bench 78%, 785,629 samples3,234x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples3,190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $252Bench 57%, 789,870 samples2,607x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 175,522 samples2,344x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples1,799x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples1,664x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples2,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 86%, 232,778 samples1,821x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $118Bench 98%, 29,438 samples850x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,063

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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 3 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

SMR(shingled). moves your data (that you aren't even writing to) around, increases chances of data loss several times over. Drive may be busy WHILE idle. Writing lots of data may result in extended poor performance (while looking above average on a quick benchmark).

ViceCity
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Terrible

23 months ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

5 months ago.

Seagate's are trash. They don't last half of what WD's last and are slower.

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