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Seagate

ST2000NX0253 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 66.4% (149th of 1015)

Based on 155 user benchmarks.  Model: ST2000NX0253
Poor: 46%Average: 66.4% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST2000NX0253 2TB averaged 33.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 1.01MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.83MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000NX0253 2TB is 31.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000NX0253 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 155 samples)
Rank 14966.4%
Min Avg Max
79 Read 117 134
79.9 Write 114 133
33.7 Mixed 70.9 87.3
73.9 SusWrite 115 135
76.4% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.4 4K Read 1.83 2.2
1.5 4K Write 3.14 3.7
0.38 4K Mixed 1.01 1.2
246% 1.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 134 134 135 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 128
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 134
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
272% 2.23 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 134 134 134 134 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 133
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 134
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1
253% 2.13 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 131 134 135 134 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 133
Write 134
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 132
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1
255% 2.17 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 133 134 133 133 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 132
Write 124
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 132
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
264% 2.17 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 133 132 133 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 132
Write 125
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 132
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1
249% 2.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 134 133 133 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 131
Write 129
Mixed 82.1
SusWrite 133
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1
255% 2.17 MB/s
988GB free
Firmware: SN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 103 103 103 MB/s
67.1% Good
Read 130
Write 121
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 102
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
277% 2.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples824x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples605x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples488x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples460x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples405x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples258x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples118x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525

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