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Seagate ST3000VX010

SkyHawk 3TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 83.5% (62nd of 1015)

more Based on 2,084 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VX010-2E3166, ST3000VX010-2H916L, ST3000VX 010-2H916L, ST3000VX 010-2E3166, ST3000VX010-2DT166, ST3000VX010-2H91, ST3000VX010-2E31
Poor: 54%Average: 83.5% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) averaged just 16.5% 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 147MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016) is 49.5%. 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 72.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,084 samples)
Rank 6283.5%
Min Avg Max
85.6 Read 147 183
88.2 Write 143 177
53.4 Mixed 72.7 83.8
87.2 SusWrite 144 181
92.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.66 0.8
1.4 4K Write 1.74 2.2
0.6 4K Mixed 0.74 0.9
143% 1.05 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 163 171 175 171 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 165
Mixed 78.4
SusWrite 171
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 176 172 175 177 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 169
Mixed 82.6
SusWrite 175
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 163 149 169 155 149 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 165
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 151
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 159 173 164 185 MB/s
91.5% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 170
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 168
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
151% 0.97 MB/s
486GB free
Firmware: CV12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 107 107 108 108 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 102
Write 102
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 108
70% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation 207%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $375

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Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $519Bench 86%, 293,369 samples7,064x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $372Bench 103%, 116,524 samples4,909x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 85%, 755,235 samples4,706x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $700Bench 207%, 309,897 samples3,244x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples2,662x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,500Bench 234%, 110,214 samples2,094x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 328%, 393,348 samples3,193x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $160Bench 410%, 122,652 samples2,318x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $133Bench 300%, 314,224 samples2,150x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 64,964 samples2,372x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $300Bench 87%, 134,660 samples1,036x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 86%, 343,296 samples636x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $1,699

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