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Seagate ST2000DM001

Barracuda 7200.14 2TB

Average Bench: 88.2% (32nd of 1015)

more Based on 815,515 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM001-1CH164, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-9YN1, ST2000DM001-1E6164, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1CH1, ST2000DM 001-1ER164, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1ER, ST2000DM001-1ER1, ST2000DM001-1ER164, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1ER1, ST2000DM-1CH164, ST2000DM001-1CH1, ST2000DM 001-1E6164, ST2000DM 001-9YN164, ST2000DM001-9YN164, ST2000DM001-1ER, ST2000DM001-2AE164, Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1, ST2000DM 001-1CH164, ST2000DM001-1CH, Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, ST2000DM001-9YN1, ST2000DM001-9YN, ST2000DM 001, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1E61, ST2000DM001-1E61, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1CH, ST2000DM ST2000DM001-9YN

If you are specifically looking for a 2TB Hard Drive, the Barracuda is both a solid performer and offers reasonable value for money. That said, It probably makes more sense to go for the 3TB version which, thanks to economies of scale, represents significantly better value for money. With the 3TB Barracuda you get 50% more storage and approximately the same performance for just 20% more money. [Sep '13 HDrivePro]

Poor: 51%Average: 88.2% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB averaged just 11.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 155MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB is 63.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 815,515 samples)
Rank 3288.2%
Min Avg Max
82.6 Read 155 202
61.1 Write 130 183
34.1 Mixed 74.2 87.8
80 SusWrite 153 202
93.6% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.69 0.9
0.9 4K Write 1.62 1.9
0.4 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
138% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 167 164 166 165 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 199
Mixed 84.4
SusWrite 166
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 170 170 169 170 168 MB/s
97.9% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 150
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 165
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 151 152 150 150 148 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 148
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 148
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 150 150 152 149 150 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 156
Write 109
Mixed 80.9
SusWrite 150
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 159 157 157 157 160 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 122
Write 124
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 159
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $118 @ launch in Sep '11
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,950x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples890x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples687x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,559x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

GBR-User
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5,782

Good

3 years ago.

I have been using this for my pc for about three years, and it has performed well, for me anyway. I game quite a lot, and I do some light editing, and it doesn't slow down a lot, though I would like to get an SSD in the future as it takes AGES for Windows to load up. Other than that, it works great, and the 2TB is defiantly well enough for me.

ESP-User
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3,733

Good

18 days ago.

it fails a lot. it's the worse hdd. i've got a raid with 6 of this HDD, and in the first year fails 3 disks.

NLD-User
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3,510

Good

8 months ago.

Have been using it for almost a decade and it is still going strong. Would love to upgrade to an ssd but for the price this HDD has served me well.

BEL-User
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2,534

Excellent

3 years ago.

My HDD is constantly making regular clicking noises when idle. This is really irritating and it drives me crazy. I already cleared every thing stored on it and formatted it but the issue is back

HDrivePro
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Excellent

10 years ago.

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Mostwanted
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14

Poor

7 years ago.

pretty slow, I seem to have got one of the bad eggs

TOM-TEL
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12

Excellent

9 years ago.

Die ST2000DM001 und die ST3000DM001 sind meiner Meinung nach die besten Festplatten (hätte es nicht gedacht). Beste Kombi überhaupt! SSD 120gb + 2tb/3tb HD als "D: Platte" für den Rest!

jbh50
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8

Poor

4 years ago.

This HHD came in my pre-built system new in the middle of 2018 but it's history goes back to 2011 with just 64MB Cache and is rather clunky in terms of speed especially in the write department, I use it as my secondary drive holding my media content and has me looking for faster alternatives. On the bright side it does operate very quietly, something that usually is compromised once you start getting into larger HDD's from the rotations generated.

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