Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

IronWolf 8TB (2016)
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BUY • $240

Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score +28% Read -30%, Write -15%, 4K Read 241%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score +93% Read 14%, Write 28%, 4K Read 361%, 4K Write 187%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -28,567%, Price -181%, Value 0%Nice To Haves +43% Age 43%

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Average Bench: 72.3% (118^th of 1015)

Based on 598 user benchmarks. Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN0022-2DR166, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL

Poor: 20%Average: 72.3% Great: 118%

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The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 27.7% 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 Read Speed 4.37MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.82MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 98%. 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 72.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 120MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 598 samples)

Rank 11872.3%

Min	Avg	Max
8.2	Read 120	228
20	Write 125	242
11.5	Mixed 72.7	108
22.1	SusWrite 130	225
82.1% 112 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0	4K Read 4.37	7.9
0.2	4K Write 2.85	7.2
0	4K Mixed 0.82	1.4
326% 2.68 MB/s

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $399

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Core i7-9700KIntel $271Bench 97%, 464,919 samples	3,592x
Core i9-9900KIntel $329Bench 98%, 387,071 samples	3,043x
Core i5-9600KIntel $198Bench 94%, 306,614 samples	1,295x

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RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	1,386x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,376Bench 174%, 289,499 samples	1,174x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $770Bench 137%, 204,376 samples	1,007x

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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $144Bench 324%, 291,009 samples	960x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 279%, 338,360 samples	692x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $155Bench 298%, 258,279 samples	621x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $330Bench 87%, 120,905 samples	673x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples	575x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 86%, 201,751 samples	349x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,654

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 72.3% (118^th of 1015)

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Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 72.3% (118th of 1015)

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