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ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 69.7% (125th of 1015)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DL003-9VT166, ST2000DL003-9VT1, ST2000DL 003-9VT166
Poor: 52%Average: 69.7% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB averaged 30.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.71MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB is 42.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Rank 12569.7%
Min Avg Max
90.2 Read 123 178
75.1 Write 121 166
31.7 Mixed 77.7 146
95.6 SusWrite 122 136
81.4% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.35 4K Read 0.71 1.25
0.73 4K Write 1.41 3.17
0.24 4K Mixed 0.65 1
128% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
824GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 129 128 131 130 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 131
Write 117
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 129
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
672GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 133 132 132 134 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 119
Write 126
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 132
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 111 113 103 118 MB/s
67% Good
Read 124
Write 126
Mixed 63
SusWrite 110
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
478GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 115 112 116 116 105 MB/s
66.4% Good
Read 120
Write 127
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 112
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.87 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 116 117 119 113 121 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 101
Write 109
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 118
71% 96.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.77 MB/s
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Typical ST2000DL003-9VT166 1TB Builds (Compare 221 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Asrock N68-GS4 FX R2.0

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples101x
FX-8300AMD  $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples43x
FX-4300AMD  $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples25x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples44x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples37x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples14x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples15x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples8x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples7x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 3,584 samples11x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples10x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 564 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $134

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