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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 83.9% (64th of 1015)

Based on 999 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 54%Average: 83.9% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 16.1% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 147MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 48.1%. 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 0.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 999 samples)
Rank 6483.9%
Min Avg Max
87.7 Read 147 179
84.7 Write 144 174
54.4 Mixed 69 79.2
86 SusWrite 146 178
92.3% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.61 0.7
1.4 4K Write 1.62 1.9
0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 0.8
133% 0.98 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: 167 169 170 170 170 169 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 161
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 169
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 158 158 162 161 157 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 162
Mixed 72.8
SusWrite 159
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
674GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 143 147 148 149 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 144
Write 151
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 147
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 144 144 144 142 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 143
Write 142
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 142
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $110 @ launch in Sep '16
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Desktop 57%
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Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350M-DS3H - $85

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $79Bench 62%, 71,395 samples1,465x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  $119Bench 62%, 51,272 samples760x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $110Bench 75%, 222,650 samples727x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 54%, 267,103 samples526x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 42,425 samples526x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 417,657 samples430x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 59%, 58,006 samples271x
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 88,587 samples183x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 190,870 samples116x
RAM
BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GBCrucialBench 80%, 10,378 samples184x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 256,818 samples165x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 42%, 29,509 samples131x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $356

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