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ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 73.1% (116th of 1015)

Based on 112 user benchmarks.  Models: ST8000DM005-2EH1, ST8000DM005-2EH112, ST8000DM 005-2EH112
Poor: 22%Average: 73.1% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB averaged 26.9% 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 Read Speed 5.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.86MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB is 82.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 121MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 112 samples)
Rank 11673.1%
Min Avg Max
8.5 Read 123 232
9 Write 121 196
13.4 Mixed 71.2 102
14.5 SusWrite 130 223
81.7% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 5.2 8
0.8 4K Write 2.45 4.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.86 1.4
358% 2.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples2,776x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples325x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $84Bench 74%, 172,887 samples252x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples547x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples260x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples254x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples202x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples182x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples134x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples187x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples164x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples103x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $633

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