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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 83.3% (65th of 1015)

Based on 13,527 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 47%Average: 83.3% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 16.6% 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 147MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 57.9%. 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 64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,527 samples)
Rank 6583.3%
Min Avg Max
67.3 Read 144 186
65.6 Write 127 169
37 Mixed 64 77
84.4 SusWrite 147 187
87.9% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.65 0.7
0.8 4K Write 1.82 2.3
0.4 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%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 173 175 173 170 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 179
Mixed 64.6
SusWrite 173
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 96 99 99 95 96 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 27.5
Write 83
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 97.7
46% 63.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $130

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $229Bench 85%, 105,987 samples5,537x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $154Bench 89%, 60,416 samples4,213x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $105Bench 81%, 177,263 samples2,460x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 505,858 samples2,557x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples2,515x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples2,020x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 204%, 143,079 samples2,047x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples1,516x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 354,977 samples1,357x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 87%, 230,653 samples1,915x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 89%, 103,115 samples1,455x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $140Bench 100%, 20,792 samples695x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,057

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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...

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USA-User
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Good (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

13 months ago.

slow

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