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ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 80.3% (78th of 1015)

Based on 103 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000VN003-1T5168, ST4000VN003-1T51, ST4000VN003-2CN166
Poor: 64%Average: 80.3% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB averaged just 19.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.51MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 142MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 91.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 103 samples)
Rank 7880.3%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 142 174
105 Write 138 168
60.2 Mixed 91.2 139
76.8 SusWrite 137 168
93.5% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.42 4K Read 0.6 0.7
1.39 4K Write 1.59 1.8
0.14 4K Mixed 0.51 0.8
112% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free
Firmware: SC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 153 151 152 MB/s
86.1% Excellent
Read 148
Write 149
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 153
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
416GB free
Firmware: SC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 145 142 143 162 155 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 146
Write 136
Mixed 32
SusWrite 147
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.47 MB/s
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Typical ST4000VN003-1T5168 4TB Builds (Compare 116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples69x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples18x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples7x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples22x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples8x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples5x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung  $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples3x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples6x
TMA851U6AFR6N-UHSC Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 16GBUnknownBench 79%, 10 samples5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $470

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