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Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 70.2% (127th of 1010)

Based on 60 user benchmarks.  Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL
Poor: 31%Average: 70.2% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 29.8% 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 3.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 72.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 60 samples)
Rank 12770.2%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Read 111 210
30.7 Write 118 201
15.3 Mixed 63.4 115
47.5 SusWrite 133 215
77.7% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 3.76 8
0.3 4K Write 2.42 4.8
0 4K Mixed 0.74 1.4
284% 2.31 MB/s
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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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Gaming 93%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $107

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $280Bench 87%, 209,763 samples2,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $234Bench 84%, 135,646 samples1,057x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 96%, 211,346 samples437x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 98%, 400,102 samples939x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 332,411 samples819x
GTX 970Nvidia  $300Bench 64%, 328,704 samples598x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 103%, 342,830 samples530x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $87Bench 110%, 237,348 samples459x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 196%, 101,901 samples237x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 110,500 samples316x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 57,116 samples232x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 84%, 14,700 samples221x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $932

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Intel Core i7-8700K $359Nvidia GTX 1070 $330Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $243Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $87
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