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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

▲ 73335 ▼

Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 83.8% (62nd of 1015)

Based on 16,985 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 53%Average: 83.8% Great: 107%

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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. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 53.7%. 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 64.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,985 samples)
Rank 6283.8%
Min Avg Max
84.1 Read 145 188
68 Write 125 168
43.7 Mixed 64.6 77.5
86.6 SusWrite 147 190
88.1% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.7
1.08 4K Write 1.82 2.3
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%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 191 190 188 193 192 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 154
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 190
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.27 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 103 108 100 111 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 180
Write 143
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 107
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 128 123 122 124 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 134
Write 130
Mixed 51.3
SusWrite 123
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 105 68 38 68 98 MB/s
49% Average
Read 87.5
Write 109
Mixed 55
SusWrite 83.1
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 76%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation 78%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $129

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $235Bench 68%, 135,494 samples6,313x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $165Bench 72%, 82,276 samples4,848x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $105Bench 69%, 242,718 samples2,884x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples2,952x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples2,944x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples2,378x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 174,625 samples2,229x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples1,684x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples1,547x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples2,295x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 87%, 166,510 samples1,670x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $120Bench 97%, 24,344 samples796x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $874

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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

18 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

19 months ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

28 days ago.

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

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