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Seagate ST3000VX010

SkyHawk 3TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 82.9% (63rd of 1015)

more Based on 2,089 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VX010-2E3166, ST3000VX010-2H916L, ST3000VX 010-2H916L, ST3000VX 010-2E3166, ST3000VX010-2DT166, ST3000VX010-2H91, ST3000VX010-2E31
Poor: 53%Average: 82.9% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) averaged just 17.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 145MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) is 50.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,089 samples)
Rank 6382.9%
Min Avg Max
82 Read 145 184
84.4 Write 142 176
47.7 Mixed 71.9 83.9
84.9 SusWrite 144 180
92% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.8
1.3 4K Write 1.74 2.2
0.6 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
142% 1.05 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 161 164 163 163 MB/s
90% Excellent
Read 151
Write 156
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 162
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 140 141 140 141 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 141
Write 127
Mixed 70.3
SusWrite 141
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 127 129 127 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 136
Write 144
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 128
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 129 133 131 131 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 124
Write 142
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 131
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.37 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 142 115 126 113 138 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 112
Write 96.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 127
66% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
56% 0.43 MB/s
507GB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 113 120 118 119 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 118
Write 120
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 114
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
331GB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 100 100 100 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 106
Write 104
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 99.9
70% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 184%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 201%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $475

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,913x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,340x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples1,102x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,102x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples878x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples610x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples846x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples706x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples421x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples433x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples185x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 95%, 56,114 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,732

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