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Seagate ST3000VN007

IronWolf 3TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 84.4% (59th of 1015)

Based on 761 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2AH16M, ST3000VN 007-2E4166, ST3000VN007-2E41
Poor: 56%Average: 84.4% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) averaged just 15.5% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 148MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016) is 44.2%. 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 68.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 761 samples)
Rank 5984.4%
Min Avg Max
92.3 Read 148 178
94.5 Write 145 173
54.3 Mixed 68.8 78
89.2 SusWrite 147 176
92.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.6 0.7
1.3 4K Write 1.61 1.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.69 0.8
131% 0.97 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: 164 165 164 167 167 167 MB/s
96% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 172
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 166
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 162 162 160 158 MB/s
94.3% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 162
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 161
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 163 161 164 165 164 MB/s
91.4% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 160
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 162
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $110 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming
Gaming 127%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $921

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $355Bench 107%, 318,288 samples10,654x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 110,035 samples2,588x
Core i7-8700Intel  $300Bench 102%, 87,475 samples735x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 302,125 samples3,822x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 484,715 samples2,823x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $335Bench 97%, 551,699 samples1,632x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 131,006 samples1,702x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 88,554 samples1,164x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 112%, 356,968 samples1,064x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 90%, 68,100 samples1,407x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 86%, 189,631 samples1,189x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $75Bench 94%, 64,999 samples793x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $2,288

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