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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 87% (42nd of 1015)

Based on 1,413 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 57%Average: 87% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 13.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 153MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,413 samples)
Rank 4287%
Min Avg Max
97.4 Read 153 182
95.6 Write 150 180
57.7 Mixed 70.6 81.5
86.9 SusWrite 151 182
95.7% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.8
1.3 4K Write 1.7 2.2
0.6 4K Mixed 0.73 0.9
139% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 180 178 181 182 181 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 182
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 177
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
709GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 120 122 123 123 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 153
Write 101
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 122
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 119 122 123 122 MB/s
70% Very good
Read 123
Write 112
Mixed 61.5
SusWrite 121
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 89 99 91 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 102
Write 101
Mixed 63.9
SusWrite 87.3
65% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $110 @ launch in Sep '16
AmazonUS $9117 mins
EbayUS $10025 secs
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350M-DS3H - $70

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 69%, 100,080 samples1,823x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $149Bench 78%, 395,731 samples979x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  $149Bench 68%, 76,079 samples948x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 449,377 samples724x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 58,117 samples594x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 555,858 samples560x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 60%, 88,374 samples331x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 150,261 samples258x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $73Bench 107%, 356,454 samples155x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples252x
BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GBCrucialBench 77%, 11,750 samples214x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 42%, 33,724 samples146x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $438

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