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Seagate ST2000VN004

IronWolf 2TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 81% (71st of 1015)

Based on 8,291 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000VN004-2E4164, ST2000VN004-2E41, ST2000VN ST2000VN004-2E41
Poor: 51%Average: 81% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016) averaged just 18.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016) is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.58MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,291 samples)
Rank 7181%
Min Avg Max
81.5 Read 141 174
78.6 Write 139 170
53.5 Mixed 68.4 78.1
81.7 SusWrite 142 178
89.5% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.58 0.7
1.3 4K Write 1.57 1.8
0.5 4K Mixed 0.65 0.7
126% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 164 170 176 170 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 154
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 168
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 159 162 169 167 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 154
Write 154
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 159
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 159 162 167 168 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 154
Write 150
Mixed 69.1
SusWrite 158
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 79 78 79 79 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 145
Write 149
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 79.1
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 119 118 118 118 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 98.7
Write 108
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 117
72% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $229Bench 88%, 746,287 samples3,438x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples747x
Core i7-8700Intel  $330Bench 87%, 349,567 samples336x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,011x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples607x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples297x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples206x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 213%, 165,668 samples204x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples299x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples252x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $43Bench 84%, 287,720 samples192x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $859

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