Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

IronWolf 8TB (2016)
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score +36% Read -32%, Write -26%, 4K Read 299%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score +82% Read 17%, Write 14%, 4K Read 359%, 4K Write 96%, Mixed 28%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -59%, Market Share -∞%, Price -173%, Value 6%Nice To Haves +60% Age 60%

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Average Bench: 72.2% (122^nd of 1015)

Based on 159 user benchmarks. Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL

Poor: 11%Average: 72.2% Great: 117%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 27.8% 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 5.09MB/s

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

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 106%. 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 79.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 116MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 159 samples)

Rank 12272.2%

Min	Avg	Max
3.3	Read 120	235
7.8	Write 116	216
1.8	Mixed 79.7	125
15.4	SusWrite 129	215
81.9% 111 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0	4K Read 5.09	7.9
0	4K Write 2.81	4.9
0.1	4K Mixed 0.86	1.5
360% 2.92 MB/s

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $244

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $270Bench 85%, 385,752 samples	5,864x
Core i5-6600KIntel $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples	2,150x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 89%, 381,877 samples	824x

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GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples	1,805x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 102%, 678,876 samples	1,523x
GTX 970Nvidia $395Bench 52%, 558,247 samples	1,137x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 103%, 583,942 samples	923x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 463,938 samples	917x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 153,580 samples	343x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples	715x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 85%, 226,313 samples	476x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 26,235 samples	460x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,089

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $55

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 72.2% (122^nd of 1015)

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IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 72.2% (122nd of 1015)

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