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Seagate ST4000DM005

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 82.4% (65th of 1015)

more Based on 34,353 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DM005-2DP166, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP, ST4000DM ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2DP1, ST4000DM005-2CV104, ST4000DM 005-2DP166, ST4000DM 005-2CV104
Poor: 52%Average: 82.4% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) averaged just 17.5% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 145MB/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 65.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,353 samples)
Rank 6582.4%
Min Avg Max
82.2 Read 143 187
66.6 Write 126 169
42.6 Mixed 65.1 77.2
86.3 SusWrite 145 187
87.4% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.7
1.3 4K Write 1.85 2.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
143% 1.08 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: 165 150 173 177 179 178 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 148
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 170
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 171 165 171 172 159 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 146
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 165
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
841GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 126 124 126 127 128 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 126
Write 87.2
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 124
73% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $130 @ launch in Sep '16
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $199

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $220Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,709x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $230Bench 98%, 148,645 samples3,318x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $167Bench 96%, 206,018 samples2,730x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $568Bench 148%, 562,666 samples1,782x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $760Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,659x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,171x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $89Bench 332%, 443,394 samples1,473x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 395%, 138,490 samples865x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $190Bench 297%, 331,647 samples698x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples607x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 346,786 samples586x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $250Bench 89%, 144,399 samples524x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $1,125

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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

2 years ago.

Great for mass game storage for relatively cheap (when compared to SSDs and other forms of storage)

ViceCity
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Terrible

4 years ago.

slow

RustyRenesis
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Terrible

3 years ago.

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

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