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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 84.5% (58th of 1015)

Based on 11,419 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 53%Average: 84.5% Great: 107%

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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 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 149MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 54.3%. 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 65.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,419 samples)
Rank 5884.5%
Min Avg Max
82.2 Read 146 188
73.3 Write 128 168
46 Mixed 65.6 77.1
88.9 SusWrite 149 189
89.1% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.67 0.7
1.2 4K Write 1.85 2.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.74 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: 175 180 176 180 178 181 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 118
Mixed 69
SusWrite 178
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 177 181 178 179 179 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 148
Mixed 66
SusWrite 179
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.17 MB/s
793GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 133 121 128 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 104
Write 89
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 129
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 71 96 15 12 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 97.5
Write 21.7
Mixed 48.3
SusWrite 50
40% 54.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $148

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $162Bench 84%, 94,773 samples5,199x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $155Bench 89%, 58,849 samples3,995x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $200Bench 93%, 40,038 samples2,301x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples2,440x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 98%, 573,744 samples2,338x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples1,889x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 127,708 samples1,993x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $92Bench 104%, 410,120 samples1,450x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples1,298x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples1,778x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 92%, 84,434 samples1,381x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $176Bench 107%, 17,852 samples652x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $1,028

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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

2 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).

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Terrible

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $601SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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