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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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 167 170 169 171 MB/s
94.3% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 146
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 170
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 161 161 161 159 MB/s
90% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 157
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 160
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
969GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 150 148 149 149 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 160
Write 161
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 148
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
290GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 158 158 158 151 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 151
Write 159
Mixed 71
SusWrite 156
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
706GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 143 146 148 146 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 146
Write 145
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 146
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
536GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 92 92 92 MB/s
62% Good
Read 124
Write 135
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 92.1
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 105 107 106 106 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 105
Write 103
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 106
70% 95.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 96 99 99 98 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 101
Write 110
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 98.1
68% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $477

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Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples4,903x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,081x
Core i7-8700Intel  $162Bench 87%, 349,567 samples491x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,404x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples835x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples407x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples361x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples308x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples288x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $44Bench 84%, 215,644 samples416x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples339x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples271x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,274

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