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Seagate ST4000VN008

IronWolf 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 89.6% (25th of 1015)

more Based on 26,217 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000VN008-2DR166, ST4000VN ST4000VN008-2DR1, ST4000VN008-1F2168, ST4000VN008-2CX188, ST4000VN 008-2DR166, ST4000VN008-2DR1
Poor: 62%Average: 89.6% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) averaged just 10.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.79MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) is 46.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26,217 samples)
Rank 2589.6%
Min Avg Max
92.7 Read 154 192
95.6 Write 153 185
47.4 Mixed 72.1 86.1
96 SusWrite 158 192
98.2% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.69 0.8
1.3 4K Write 1.9 2.2
0.6 4K Mixed 0.79 0.9
152% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 186 185 186 184 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 187
Mixed 73.6
SusWrite 183
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
756GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 190 192 193 190 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 194
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 190
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
586GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 128 126 127 124 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 154
Write 150
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 125
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
531GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 121 120 120 121 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 136
Write 132
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 121
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
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Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $109

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $176Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,720x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $169Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,347x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $136Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,475x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,282x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,104x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,496x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,870x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $147Bench 297%, 331,647 samples879x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples782x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples743x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $96Bench 89%, 144,399 samples658x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $879

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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

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DEU-User
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Good

2 years ago.

i had two of the Toshiba (4TB) in my Qnap running. The temperature was about 10 °C higher and the noise lever was much higher! I changed it to the Iron wolf and if there is a differant of the performence I can´t feel it, but it is quiter

IDN-User
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Good

5 years ago.

Fast and high capacity storage plus SSD caching? This HDD, despite costing few dollar more than non-SSHD counterpart (Seagate Barracuda 4TB), may be better for users who opt for spending extra for very fast and high capacity storage. Otherwise, get the non-SSHD counterpart instead.

Jakoski360
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Good

5 years ago.

Using three of these in my main server and are running great

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