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ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 84.5% (50th of 1014)

more Based on 3,084 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000VX000-1F4168, ST4000VX ST4000VX000-1F41, ST4000VX 000-1F4168, ST4000VX000-1F41, ST4000VX000-2AG166, ST4000VX000-1F2168, ST4000VX ST4000VX000-2AG1, ST4000VX 000-2AG166, ST4000VX000-2AG1
Poor: 56%Average: 84.5% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 148MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,084 samples)
Rank 5084.5%
Min Avg Max
87.5 Read 148 190
87.4 Write 144 184
47.2 Mixed 73 88.1
88.4 SusWrite 146 188
93.5% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.65 0.8
1.1 4K Write 1.67 2.2
0.4 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
141% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 190 187 188 186 191 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 177
Mixed 85.4
SusWrite 188
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
162% 1.3 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 198 197 202 197 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 192
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 197
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: DA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 179 182 182 180 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 181
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 181
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
857GB free
Firmware: CV13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 178 179 180 178 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 161
Mixed 82.9
SusWrite 178
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CV14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 167 169 167 169 MB/s
97.1% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 134
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 167
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: CV14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 155 158 156 160 159 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 151
Write 151
Mixed 78.9
SusWrite 153
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 91 94 95 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 127
Write 128
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 92.6
68% 94.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
92% 0.53 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 80%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H470 HD3

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples92x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples79x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples47x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples41x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples39x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples37x
SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples18x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples14x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples18x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples16x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x16GBUnknownBench 48%, 6,240 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $443

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