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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 82.6% (67th of 1015)

more Based on 34,394 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2CV104, ST4000DM 005-2DP166, ST4000DM 005-2CV104
Poor: 53%Average: 82.6% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 17.4% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 51.5%. 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 64.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,394 samples)
Rank 6782.6%
Min Avg Max
80.3 Read 142 186
73.3 Write 125 168
43 Mixed 64.8 77
86.3 SusWrite 146 185
87.2% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.65 0.7
1.24 4K Write 1.83 2.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
142% 1.07 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 169 170 170 170 171 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 148
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 168
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
487GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 124 66 70 114 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 122
Write 128
Mixed 66
SusWrite 102
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 103%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 85%, 755,235 samples25,416x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $170Bench 82%, 1,121,156 samples13,126x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $519Bench 86%, 293,369 samples11,404x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples10,447x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $410Bench 105%, 378,316 samples9,228x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 369,988 samples6,291x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 328%, 393,348 samples5,847x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $133Bench 300%, 314,224 samples4,713x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 293%, 385,141 samples4,219x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples3,811x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $83Bench 86%, 343,296 samples3,670x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $286Bench 87%, 134,660 samples3,405x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,148

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HDrivePro
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Official site www.seagate.com/...

Versatile, fast, dependable. The fiercest drive you've ever met...

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Good (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

Great for mass game storage for relatively cheap (when compared to SSDs and other forms of storage)

ViceCity
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Terrible

3 years ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

2 years ago.

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

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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