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Seagate ST2000VX000

Video SV35.6 Series 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

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Average Bench: 87.1% (45th of 1015)

more Based on 5,053 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000VX000-1CU164, ST2000VX000-1CU1, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-1ES1, ST2000VX 000-9YW164, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-1CU1, ST2000VX ST2000VX000-9YW1, ST2000VX000-9YW1, ST2000VX000-1ES164, ST2000VX000-1ES1, ST2000VX 000-1CU164, ST2000VX000-9YW164, ST2000VX 000-1ES164

In terms of specs, price and age the Video SV35.6 appears to be identical to its 2TB Barracuda 7200.14 sibling. We have only seen nine user samples for the SV35.6 so far so we don't have enough data to formulate a strong opinion as yet but based on the samples we have seen, this drive appears to underperform the barracuda. Peak sequential speeds are similar but random 4k speeds lag by around 15%. It's possible that these are just statistical discrepancies that will iron themselves out as we see more samples but in the mean time we would recommend the barracuda 7200.14 over this drive. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

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Poor: 50%Average: 87.1% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB averaged just 12.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 156MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB is 64.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,053 samples)
Rank 4587.1%
Min Avg Max
77.3 Read 156 205
83.1 Write 152 200
31 Mixed 69.6 88.6
78.8 SusWrite 148 200
96% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.41 4K Read 0.73 0.9
0.6 4K Write 1.25 1.7
0.3 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
131% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 184 185 187 189 188 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 181
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 184
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
120% 0.87 MB/s
811GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 156 159 159 160 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 165
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 158
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.93 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 101 101 101 111 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 187
Write 170
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 102
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,164,774 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $116 @ launch in Dec '11
AmazonUS $1219 days
NeweggUS $8022 months
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Gaming
Gaming 92%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $157

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $290Bench 89%, 319,030 samples11,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $234Bench 84%, 181,471 samples8,552x
Core i7-6700Intel  $297Bench 77%, 109,755 samples1,665x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples5,256x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples3,491x
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 433,580 samples3,308x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples3,284x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples2,562x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 129,236 samples677x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 87%, 184,619 samples2,176x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 85%, 15,519 samples1,367x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $122Bench 73%, 29,243 samples1,364x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $977

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