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Seagate ST2000LX001

FireCuda 2.5" 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 50.3% (308th of 1015)

Based on 17,305 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000LX001-1RG174, ST2000LX001-1RG1, ST2000LX001-1RG174-SSHD, ST2000LX ST2000LX001-1RG1, ST2000LX 001-1RG174
Poor: 23%Average: 50.3% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB averaged 49.7% 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 1.16MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.63MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 54.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 76.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,305 samples)
Rank 30850.3%
Min Avg Max
20 Read 76.3 126
1.7 Write 84.5 123
34.1 Mixed 54.5 68.3
45.6 SusWrite 98.4 129
57.6% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.63 3.5
1 4K Write 1.89 4.2
0.1 4K Mixed 1.16 2.6
232% 1.56 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 104 104 104 101 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 96
Write 98.7
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 102
64% 87.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.1
179% 1.1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 93 95 92 90 82 MB/s
47.4% Average
Read 76
Write 95.3
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 88.8
57% 77.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.1
79% 0.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 114 116 113 115 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 48.3
Write 89.7
Mixed 54
SusWrite 113
56% 76.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.23 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 53 55 53 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 72.8
Write 94.3
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 53.5
51% 69.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
196% 1.4 MB/s
707GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 79 81 76 77 74 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 48.5
Write 87.7
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 75.6
49% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.1
68% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop
Desktop 53%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
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System: Acer Predator G3-571

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 60%, 229,790 samples4,914x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 59%, 79,325 samples65x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 153,068 samples2,865x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 58%, 65,751 samples2,113x
GeForce GTX 1060NvidiaBench 63%, 1 sample1x
SSD
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 69%, 16,517 samples2,134x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 75%, 22,013 samples1,464x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel  $43Bench 118%, 25,009 samples379x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 5,528 samples1,268x
ACR26D4S9S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 77%, 2,687 samples1,223x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 33,012 samples981x
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FRA-User
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Terrible

7 months ago.

Not my best buy. On a (quite) cluttered system (2/3 to 3/4 of the disk full) on a mainstream laptop (with an Intel i3 CPU), I saw no difference between this and my preview built-in HGST 5K1000, it disappointed me. It's only after a few months of still no good latency and speed that I saw that this model, even if it's widely used, is not better than a classic 7200 rpm hard drive.

JPN-User
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2,224

Terrible

7 months ago.

It generates more heat than SSDs and slower than 7200 rpm HDDs! When it's used as an external drive, it sometimes loses our precious data! You're fired, FireCuda!

chinamanch
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Excellent

8 months ago.

Large capacity storage in a tiny package. :v

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