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Seagate ST2000VX000

Video SV35.6 Series 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 88.9% (34th of 1015)

more Based on 6,859 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: 59%Average: 88.9% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB averaged just 11.0% 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 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 159MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB is 54.7%. This is a relatively 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 72.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.29MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,859 samples)
Rank 3488.9%
Min Avg Max
95.2 Read 159 204
91.4 Write 153 198
39.7 Mixed 72.6 89
94.4 SusWrite 151 202
97.9% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.74 0.9
0.7 4K Write 1.29 1.7
0.43 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
137% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
316GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 153 153 154 147 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 196
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 151
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
158GB free
Firmware: CV27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 94 95 104 118 117 MB/s
70.8% Very good
Read 142
Write 153
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 105
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
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Approx. $116 @ launch in Dec '11
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Gaming
Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $190Bench 64%, 152,961 samples2,725x
Core i7-2600Intel  $306Bench 58%, 95,162 samples2,705x
Core i5-2400Intel  $87Bench 55%, 84,894 samples1,913x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $149Bench 32%, 442,720 samples2,255x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 83,401 samples2,052x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples1,566x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 520,826 samples1,191x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 64%, 118,048 samples853x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 59%, 65,441 samples838x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 283,437 samples2,322x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 119,396 samples1,582x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 92,980 samples754x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $414

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