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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
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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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 194 191 199 202 202 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 194
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 196
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
700GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 151 152 154 151 149 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 194
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 150
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1 MB/s
384GB free
Firmware: CV27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 189 190 186 190 190 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 117
Write 127
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 188
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 140 142 137 138 139 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 125
Write 124
Mixed 61.1
SusWrite 130
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.77 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $116 @ launch in Dec '11
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AmazonUS $9019 days
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 7%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,333x
Core i7-2600Intel  $158Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,018x
Core i5-3470Intel  $50Bench 63%, 223,595 samples625x
GPU
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples966x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples957x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples688x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples583x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples406x
A400 480GBKingston  $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples275x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples445x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples293x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $315

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