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ST3000VX000-9YW166 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 77.3% (88th of 1015)

more Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VX000-9YW166, ST3000VX000-1CU166, ST3000VX000-1ES1, ST3000VX000-1ES166, ST3000VX000-9YW1, ST3000VX 000-1CU166
Poor: 42%Average: 77.3% Great: 106%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST3000VX000-9YW166 2TB averaged 22.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST3000VX000-9YW166 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.42MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 147MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3000VX000-9YW166 2TB is 64.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST3000VX000-9YW166 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 89.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 8877.3%
Min Avg Max
38.5 Read 147 206
28.8 Write 140 194
21.3 Mixed 89.6 169
12 SusWrite 106 202
88.9% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.6 1
0.28 4K Write 1.2 2
0.08 4K Mixed 0.42 0.9
94.2% 0.74 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: CV13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 190 179 192 181 182 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 183
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 182
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
929GB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 171 172 178 177 174 MB/s
94.1% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 169
Mixed 78
SusWrite 167
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 41 116 93 126 137 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 174
Write 194
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 107
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
78% 0.57 MB/s
557GB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 93 93 95 94 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 174
Write 161
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 93.2
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
546GB free
Firmware: CV22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 77 85 97 91 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 168
Write 163
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 88.9
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 98 104 109 105 99 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 152
Write 169
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 104
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
576GB free
Firmware: CV13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 89 88 86 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 155
Write 149
Mixed 95.7
SusWrite 87.9
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 PRO REV 3.1

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples160x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples152x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples43x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples40x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples29x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples17x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples22x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $516

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