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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 83.8% (64th of 1015)

Based on 20,526 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 55%Average: 83.8% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 16.1% 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 50.9%. 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 63.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,526 samples)
Rank 6483.8%
Min Avg Max
89 Read 146 189
67.6 Write 128 170
39.5 Mixed 63.9 78
86.8 SusWrite 146 187
88.3% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.8 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
142% 1.06 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: 164 168 172 176 173 174 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 149
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 171
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 172 173 173 174 173 MB/s
96.8% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 151
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 171
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
BHPhotoUS $1143 years
AmazonUS $20010 days
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Gaming 96%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $200Bench 84%, 473,138 samples10,828x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 82%, 353,840 samples6,932x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $284Bench 87%, 303,907 samples5,426x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $505Bench 111%, 271,506 samples4,010x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $399Bench 106%, 214,536 samples3,516x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $314Bench 85%, 241,842 samples3,104x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 108%, 404,342 samples2,139x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 289%, 171,723 samples1,559x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 274%, 224,470 samples1,396x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $86Bench 85%, 135,634 samples3,529x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 304,909 samples3,420x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 83%, 371,676 samples2,729x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $996

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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...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 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

2 years ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

9 months ago.

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

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