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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 83.8% (60th of 1015)

more Based on 28,157 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2CV104, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 54%Average: 83.8% Great: 105%

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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 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 146MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 50.8%. 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 64.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,157 samples)
Rank 6083.8%
Min Avg Max
89.2 Read 146 186
73.5 Write 126 170
43.5 Mixed 64.9 76.9
87.9 SusWrite 146 186
88.3% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.67 0.8
1.1 4K Write 1.81 2.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
144% 1.07 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 152 155 156 154 155 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 161
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 152
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 149 143 143 150 MB/s
85.9% Excellent
Read 153
Write 134
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 146
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
542GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 118 118 117 118 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 156
Write 178
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 115
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Sep '16
BHPhotoUS $1143 years
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 96%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples19,546x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $290Bench 81%, 440,449 samples12,255x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $305Bench 87%, 532,317 samples10,372x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples6,354x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 313,119 samples5,938x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $338Bench 89%, 366,438 samples5,654x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples3,680x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples2,860x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 271%, 331,062 samples2,628x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $120Bench 83%, 239,246 samples6,600x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples6,362x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples4,365x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,065

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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

3 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

2 years ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

15 months ago.

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

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