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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 85.5% (49th of 1010)

Based on 9,098 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 53%Average: 85.5% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 14.5% 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. Sequential Read Speed 151MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 53.8%. 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 65.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,098 samples)
Rank 4985.5%
Min Avg Max
93 Read 151 189
78.2 Write 131 168
46.2 Mixed 65.2 76.7
85.6 SusWrite 148 189
90.2% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.67 0.7
1.34 4K Write 1.84 2.3
0.55 4K Mixed 0.75 0.9
146% 1.09 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
86GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 189 183 190 188 174 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 142
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 183
102% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
943GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 131 132 130 132 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 176
Write 146
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 131
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
936GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 103 108 103 105 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 123
Write 83
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 101
66% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $200Bench 84%, 65,642 samples4,144x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $170Bench 89%, 37,088 samples3,158x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $130Bench 80%, 122,356 samples1,793x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 352,399 samples1,947x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples1,826x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $235Bench 71%, 419,597 samples1,458x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 197%, 103,099 samples1,783x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 319,548 samples1,177x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples1,038x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 111,331 samples1,355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 58,078 samples1,094x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $210Bench 105%, 10,269 samples505x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,030

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

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 months ago.

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Terrible

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $235Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $97
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