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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: 158 165 165 169 171 173 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 166
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 167
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 144 141 143 143 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 169
Write 165
Mixed 67
SusWrite 142
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
656GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 132 131 131 130 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 176
Write 163
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 132
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
707GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 129 130 131 129 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 151
Write 151
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 130
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
704GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 129 129 130 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 150
Write 141
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 130
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING - $477

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples4,770x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,046x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples479x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,356x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples810x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples399x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples282x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples264x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $1,246

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