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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.5% (55th of 1015)

Based on 21,368 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM 005-2DP166
Poor: 55%Average: 84.5% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 15.5% 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 148MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) is 51.1%. 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 65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21,368 samples)
Rank 5584.5%
Min Avg Max
89 Read 148 187
66.4 Write 127 168
43.7 Mixed 65 78.8
90 SusWrite 146 187
88.8% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.8
1 4K Write 1.81 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
143% 1.07 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: 184 194 191 193 194 194 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 151
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 192
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 171 175 172 173 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 156
Mixed 107
SusWrite 172
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
218% 1.63 MB/s
835GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 121 120 121 117 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 139
Write 137
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 119
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $130 @ launch in Sep '16
BHPhotoUS $1143 years
AmazonUS $1781 min
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Gaming 105%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 99%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $228Bench 84%, 582,867 samples13,383x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $220Bench 82%, 394,055 samples8,696x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 87%, 355,575 samples6,930x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 122%, 339,205 samples4,870x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 273,482 samples4,390x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $338Bench 93%, 301,476 samples3,945x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $53Bench 107%, 442,410 samples2,611x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 289%, 216,719 samples1,956x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 269%, 253,586 samples1,726x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 85%, 161,363 samples4,457x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 86%, 331,692 samples4,345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 84%, 418,722 samples3,273x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $999

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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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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month 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

11 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-9400F $150Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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