Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

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

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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average User Bench +36% Read -27%, Write -13%, 4K Read 305%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -7%Peak Lab Bench +69% Read 6%, Write 5%, 4K Read 377%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -58%, Market Share -∞%, Price -127%, Value 20%Nice To Haves +70% Age 70%

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Average Bench: 77.1% (101^st of 1015)

Based on 121 user benchmarks. Models: ST8000VN0022-2EL112, ST8000VN ST8000VN0022-2EL, Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL, ST8000VN 0022-2EL112, ST8000VN0022-2EL

Poor: 34%Average: 77.1% Great: 120%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) averaged 22.9% 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 5.18MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.78MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016) is 86.3%. 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 75.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 121 samples)

Rank 10177.1%

Min	Avg	Max
5.8	Read 126	214
25.3	Write 130	200
16.2	Mixed 75.8	114
35.1	SusWrite 141	224
86.7% 118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 5.18	8
0.3	4K Write 2.48	3.6
0.2	4K Mixed 0.78	1.2
348% 2.81 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $157

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $275Bench 81%, 350,102 samples	4,779x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 77%, 219,124 samples	1,733x
Core i7-7700KIntel $329Bench 87%, 330,242 samples	691x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples	1,487x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 528,138 samples	1,292x
GTX 970Nvidia $185Bench 52%, 490,040 samples	935x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 529,683 samples	775x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples	773x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 152,751 samples	314x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 85%, 252,931 samples	581x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 149,447 samples	386x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 84%, 19,217 samples	358x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $948

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	AMD RX 590 $185	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia RTX 2060 $325	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $609	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 77.1% (101^st of 1015)

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Seagate ST8000VN0022

IronWolf 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 77.1% (101st of 1015)

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