Seagate ST8000VX0022

SkyHawk 8TB (2016)

SkyHawk 8TB (2016)
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Effective Speed -27%Effective Speed -27%Average Score +29% Read -40%, Write -18%, 4K Read 285%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score +70% Read 4%, Write 5%, 4K Read 368%, 4K Write 83%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%, Price -165%, Value -10%Nice To Haves +31% Age 31%

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Average Bench: 69.2% (127^th of 1015)

Based on 125 user benchmarks. Models: ST8000VX ST8000VX0022-2EJ, ST8000VX0022-2EJ112, ST8000VX0022-2EJ, ST8000VX0022-2EY206, ST8000VX 0022-2EJ112, ST8000VX002-2BD188, ST8000VX 0022-2EY206

Poor: 45%Average: 69.2% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016) averaged 30.8% 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 5.01MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.84MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016) is 43.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 125 samples)

Rank 12769.2%

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	Read 111	208
45.7	Write 122	197
3	Mixed 64.5	92
14.5	SusWrite 129	212
77.9% 106 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 5.01	8
0.8	4K Write 2.59	4.6
0.1	4K Mixed 0.84	1.3
350% 2.81 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 30%

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System: HP Z4 G4 Workstation

CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples	628x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples	302x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples	290x

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Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	366x
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples	340x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	326x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 2,013 samples	271x
MZVLB1T0HBLR-000H1 1TBSamsungBench 264%, 8,018 samples	218x
MZVLB512HBJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 17,828 samples	199x

RAM
M393A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 370 samples	89x
M393A1K43BB1-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 410 samples	85x
M393A2K40CB2-CVF 2x16GBSamsungBench 57%, 150 samples	65x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Seagate ST8000VX0022

SkyHawk 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 69.2% (127^th of 1015)

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Seagate ST8000VX0022

SkyHawk 8TB (2016)

Average Bench: 69.2% (127th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 69.2% (127^th of 1015)