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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 85.4% (56th of 1015)

Based on 14,586 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 56%Average: 85.4% 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. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/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 65.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,586 samples)
Rank 5685.4%
Min Avg Max
89.7 Read 148 188
76.7 Write 129 170
48.6 Mixed 65.5 77.6
90.1 SusWrite 150 188
90% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.7
1.3 4K Write 1.86 2.3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.75 0.9
145% 1.09 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: 181 184 185 185 184 184 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 146
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 184
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 147 148 146 147 MB/s
88.7% Excellent
Read 162
Write 131
Mixed 71
SusWrite 147
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $125

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $220Bench 69%, 126,039 samples5,801x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $155Bench 73%, 67,317 samples4,443x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $107Bench 70%, 193,228 samples2,632x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples2,693x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples2,679x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples2,140x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 134,885 samples2,122x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples1,574x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples1,423x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples2,035x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 86%, 121,281 samples1,527x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $131Bench 98%, 24,919 samples736x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $1,043

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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

6 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

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