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Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 75.7% (102nd of 1015)

Based on 305 user benchmarks.  Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL
Poor: 35%Average: 75.7% Great: 114%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 24.3% 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 4.19MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 78.8%. 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 72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 305 samples)
Rank 10275.7%
Min Avg Max
6.7 Read 122 215
52.7 Write 126 202
11 Mixed 72 142
51.6 SusWrite 141 221
84.4% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 4.19 7.8
1.3 4K Write 2.81 4.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.83 1.6
319% 2.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 9%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 58%, 35,288 samples9x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 56%, 2,679 samples9x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 60%, 31,955 samples6x
GPU
GT 1030NvidiaBench 15%, 87,315 samples4x
GTX 650-TiNvidia  $152Bench 18%, 26,817 samples2x
Radeon HD 3300ATIBench 0%, 734 samples2x
SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $47Bench 105%, 175,129 samples2x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 108%, 404,342 samples2x
MX200 250GBCrucial  $134Bench 94%, 15,760 samples2x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 146,771 samples24x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 345,040 samples5x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 81,323 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $130

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