Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

IronWolf 8TB (2016)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average User Bench +40% Read -28%, Write -16%, 4K Read 318%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -13%Peak Lab Bench +75% Read 9%, Write 14%, 4K Read 362%, 4K Write 93%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 18%Value & Sentiment User Rating -60%, Market Share -∞%, Price -139%, Value 16%Nice To Haves +77% Age 77%

Market Leaders

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 75.5% (110^th of 1015)

Based on 103 user benchmarks. Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL

Poor: 50%Average: 75.5% Great: 108%

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The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 24.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.86MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 57.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 103 samples)

Rank 11075.5%

Min	Avg	Max
11	Read 126	219
52	Write 127	217
38.5	Mixed 76.7	109
71.2	SusWrite 135	231
85.2% 116 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 5.4	7.9
0.6	4K Write 2.74	4.9
0	4K Mixed 0.86	1.2
371% 3 MB/s

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $220

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Core i7-6700KIntel $269Bench 76%, 312,153 samples	4,275x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 69%, 208,241 samples	1,581x
Core i7-7700KIntel $319Bench 83%, 301,145 samples	627x

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GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 615,798 samples	1,342x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 540,220 samples	1,185x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 464,715 samples	871x

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850 Evo 250GBSamsung $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples	712x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $103Bench 113%, 390,898 samples	705x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 203%, 126,573 samples	292x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 206,122 samples	528x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 89%, 104,149 samples	353x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 85%, 19,361 samples	326x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,050

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CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $230	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 75.5% (110^th of 1015)

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Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 75.5% (110th of 1015)

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