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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84% (59th of 1015)

more Based on 26,109 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2CV104, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 52%Average: 84% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 16.0% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 53%. 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 0.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26,109 samples)
Rank 5984%
Min Avg Max
84.5 Read 146 188
66.1 Write 127 167
44 Mixed 65.4 77.5
84.5 SusWrite 147 186
88.7% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.65 0.7
0.83 4K Write 1.81 2.29
0.4 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
140% 1.06 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: 134 139 139 138 139 140 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 132
Write 120
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 138
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 1.03 MB/s
653GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 123 126 121 126 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 115
Write 87.7
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 122
69% 95 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $259Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples24,420x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $415Bench 81%, 467,627 samples15,181x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $295Bench 84%, 696,534 samples13,214x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples7,600x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 89%, 497,306 samples7,128x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples6,964x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples4,469x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 284%, 370,885 samples3,629x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 273%, 374,578 samples3,261x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $88Bench 85%, 287,774 samples8,255x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples7,758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 82%, 538,292 samples5,284x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,067

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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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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

11 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

23 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11600K $220Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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