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Seagate ST2000VX000

Video SV35.6 Series 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2011.

Average Bench: 88% (36th of 1015)

more Based on 9,570 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: 52%Average: 88% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB averaged just 11.9% 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 0.71MB/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 62.2%. 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 72.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.27MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,570 samples)
Rank 3688%
Min Avg Max
89.4 Read 156 202
77.5 Write 150 194
34.2 Mixed 72.1 89
82.5 SusWrite 151 199
96.7% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.74 0.9
0.6 4K Write 1.27 1.7
0.3 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
133% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 167 173 174 174 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 158
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 172
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.87 MB/s
745GB free
Firmware: CV13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 157 159 160 159 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 152
Write 146
Mixed 83
SusWrite 158
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 89 90 87 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 98.2
Write 83.8
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 88.5
59% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 53 78 64 74 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 77.7
Write 91
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 63.5
49% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $116 @ launch in Dec '11
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $215Bench 84%, 871,255 samples21,068x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $263Bench 81%, 479,643 samples13,132x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 86%, 591,493 samples11,217x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 483,896 samples6,706x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 345,322 samples6,271x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 88%, 456,761 samples6,107x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 605,938 samples3,916x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 287%, 287,087 samples3,072x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 270%, 348,027 samples2,837x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $100Bench 84%, 243,416 samples7,104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 84%, 477,694 samples6,756x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $94Bench 81%, 510,924 samples4,635x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,030

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