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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 83.1% (64th of 1010)

Based on 351 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 58%Average: 83.1% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 16.8% 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 0.32MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 149MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 40.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.55MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 351 samples)
Rank 6483.1%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 149 174
94.8 Write 141 168
61 Mixed 112 150
83.9 SusWrite 149 176
102% 138 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.6 0.71
1.01 4K Write 1.55 1.84
0.13 4K Mixed 0.32 0.7
89.8% 0.83 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: 158 163 162 161 161 163 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 156
Mixed 76
SusWrite 161
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 169 165 168 167 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 158
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 167
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 154 155 158 151 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 100
Write 158
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 155
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 68%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $85

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $155Bench 81%, 101,955 samples7,197x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $192Bench 85%, 63,181 samples2,994x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $168Bench 86%, 37,506 samples2,533x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $249Bench 71%, 361,982 samples3,335x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 39%, 226,085 samples1,821x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 100%, 365,950 samples1,670x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 285,868 samples1,828x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 196%, 88,159 samples1,151x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 113%, 239,506 samples954x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $147Bench 86%, 96,351 samples1,769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $145Bench 91%, 50,667 samples567x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $148Bench 92%, 27,926 samples479x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $736

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