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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 82.8% (68th of 1015)

more Based on 3,537 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2AH16M, ST3000VN007-2AH1, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 50%Average: 82.8% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 17.2% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 145MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 53.8%. 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 69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.62MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,537 samples)
Rank 6882.8%
Min Avg Max
76.9 Read 145 182
81.8 Write 142 177
48.1 Mixed 69 81
81.5 SusWrite 144 182
91.2% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.62 0.8
1.3 4K Write 1.69 2.1
0.5 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
136% 1 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: 176 180 181 182 182 182 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 166
Mixed 75
SusWrite 180
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 146 146 147 146 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 142
Write 136
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 145
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 50 48 48 51 45 MB/s
32.7% Below average
Read 64.4
Write 62
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 49.2
44% 58.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $110 @ launch in Sep '16
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AmazonUS $10421 days
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $182

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $295Bench 84%, 696,534 samples22,672x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $259Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples11,799x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $520Bench 86%, 254,367 samples10,245x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples9,629x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples8,436x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 283,955 samples5,270x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $124Bench 328%, 342,991 samples4,779x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $124Bench 298%, 286,029 samples4,189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 284%, 370,885 samples3,763x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples3,372x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $88Bench 85%, 287,774 samples3,194x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $153Bench 88%, 121,725 samples3,027x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $1,178

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