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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 85.7% (50th of 1015)

more Based on 2,760 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2AH16M, ST3000VN007-2AH1, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 56%Average: 85.7% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 14.2% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 48.9%. 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 70.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,760 samples)
Rank 5085.7%
Min Avg Max
87.2 Read 149 183
92.1 Write 146 180
48.7 Mixed 70.3 82.6
92.6 SusWrite 150 183
94.2% 129 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.8
1.4 4K Write 1.7 2.1
0.6 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
138% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 177 177 174 175 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 168
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 175
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
887GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 111 111 112 110 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 120
Write 122
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 110
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
257GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 120 119 120 120 MB/s
63% Good
Read 101
Write 104
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 119
72% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $110 @ launch in Sep '16
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 108%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $193

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $305Bench 87%, 532,317 samples17,833x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples9,502x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $485Bench 88%, 219,023 samples8,157x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples8,103x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 313,119 samples7,062x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 163,391 samples3,268x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $167Bench 323%, 229,960 samples3,302x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 303%, 244,236 samples3,216x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples2,934x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples2,611x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $120Bench 83%, 239,246 samples2,376x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $300Bench 89%, 81,083 samples2,358x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $1,254

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