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Seagate ST2000VX000

Video SV35.6 Series 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 89% (29th of 1015)

more Based on 12,330 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]

Poor: 56%Average: 89% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB averaged just 10.9% 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 159MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB is 56.7%. 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 73.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.28MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,330 samples)
Rank 2989%
Min Avg Max
93.5 Read 159 201
89.7 Write 153 196
37.8 Mixed 73.3 88.6
92 SusWrite 152 200
98% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.75 0.9
0.6 4K Write 1.28 1.7
0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
133% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 188 190 187 190 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 180
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 187
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
402GB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 131 130 131 MB/s
92.7% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 198
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 131
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 164 166 162 163 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 168
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 163
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
613GB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 172 171 174 168 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 151
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 170
91% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
72% 0.5 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 150 151 151 150 MB/s
84.5% Excellent
Read 144
Write 147
Mixed 73
SusWrite 150
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $116 @ launch in Dec '11
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,102x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,631x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,098x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples851x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $322

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