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ST2000VX000 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 71.9% (120th of 1015)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: ST2000VX000
Poor: 54%Average: 71.9% Great: 108%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST2000VX000 2TB averaged 28.1% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 129MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000VX000 2TB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000VX000 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.43MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 12071.9%
Min Avg Max
7 Read 129 202
23.7 Write 120 169
11.7 Mixed 63.2 116
31.9 SusWrite 123 204
79.5% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.72 1.1
0.5 4K Write 1.43 3.3
0.12 4K Mixed 0.73 1.1
138% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware:
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 206 205 207 206 208 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 169
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 204
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 197 181 161 150 178 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 160
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 178
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: ES22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 167 162 169 158 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 152
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 164
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.87 MB/s
1TB free
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 130 131 128 126 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 185
Write 150
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 128
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
992GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 115 116 116 114 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 112
Write 113
Mixed 58.4
SusWrite 115
73% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
1TB free
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 41 39 33 27 22 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 180
Write 146
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 31.9
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
797GB free
Firmware:
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 36 37 108 43 32 MB/s
15.7% Very poor
Read 7
Write 23.7
Mixed 11.7
SusWrite 47.6
16% 22.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.27 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,347,710 HDDs tested

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Typical ST2000VX000 2TB Builds (Compare 1,971 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: To Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples505x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples215x
Xeon E5-2620 0Intel  $77Bench 58%, 3,540 samples95x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples140x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples112x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples90x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples103x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples47x
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples42x
RAM
M393B5170GB0- 4x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,611 samples198x
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples190x
M393B1K70DH0- 4x8GBSamsungBench 91%, 1,639 samples82x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $158

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