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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.5% (59th of 1015)

Based on 16,320 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 52%Average: 84.5% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 15.4% 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 148MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 53.9%. 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 65.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,320 samples)
Rank 5984.5%
Min Avg Max
83.8 Read 148 187
75.5 Write 129 168
44.6 Mixed 65.8 78.1
85.4 SusWrite 147 187
89.3% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.7
1.16 4K Write 1.86 2.2
0.5 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%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 188 191 197 196 197 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 150
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 194
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 149 149 148 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 155
Write 122
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 147
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
2GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 41 46 44 45 45 MB/s
15.2% Very poor
Read 8.3
Write 10.2
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 44.4
13% 18.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.67 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 95%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 82%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $138

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $180Bench 69%, 114,618 samples6,044x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $164Bench 73%, 75,173 samples4,618x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $95Bench 70%, 228,231 samples2,761x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 528,138 samples2,813x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples2,809x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $227Bench 57%, 719,672 samples2,254x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 152,751 samples2,171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 529,683 samples1,636x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples1,482x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 85%, 252,931 samples2,149x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 87%, 149,447 samples1,603x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $120Bench 101%, 25,855 samples763x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $1,029

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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 2 years ago.
USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

14 days 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

17 months ago.

slow

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