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Seagate ST1000VN002

IronWolf 1TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 78.3% (83rd of 1015)

more Based on 2,225 user benchmarks.  Models: ST1000VN002-2EY102, ST1000VN002-2E4162, ST1000VN 002-2EY102, ST1000VN002-2EY1, ST1000VN 002-2E4162, ST1000VN002-2E41
Poor: 50%Average: 78.3% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) averaged 21.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.36MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,225 samples)
Rank 8378.3%
Min Avg Max
77.6 Read 138 172
81.8 Write 137 169
47.2 Mixed 67.8 79.1
80.9 SusWrite 134 172
87.3% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.76 0.9
1.1 4K Write 1.36 1.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
139% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 173 173 172 173 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 163
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 173
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.03 MB/s
600GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 163 161 157 162 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 131
Write 137
Mixed 71.4
SusWrite 162
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
307GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 128 142 125 155 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 138
Write 146
Mixed 70
SusWrite 143
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
93GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 91 90 95 89 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 84.4
Write 96.4
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 90.6
63% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 104%
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Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 UD AC

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $269Bench 101%, 61,928 samples701x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $196Bench 99%, 30,311 samples620x
Core i7-11700KFIntel  $268Bench 102%, 17,565 samples323x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $350Bench 100%, 301,333 samples682x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $530Bench 148%, 562,666 samples533x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $420Bench 128%, 357,981 samples485x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples321x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 260%, 140,876 samples228x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples170x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples149x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 36,835 samples114x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples111x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $736

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