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ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 80.6% (75th of 1015)

Based on 347 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000NC000-1FR168, ST4000NC 000-1FR168, ST4000NC000-1FR1
Poor: 55%Average: 80.6% Great: 99%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB averaged just 19.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.64MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 142MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB is 44.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 347 samples)
Rank 7580.6%
Min Avg Max
90.6 Read 142 174
88.1 Write 136 171
54.7 Mixed 74 115
78.3 SusWrite 139 175
89.9% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.6 0.7
1.4 4K Write 1.79 2
0.18 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
130% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: CE02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 161 169 169 170 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 164
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 167
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.13 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CE02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 153 149 152 152 MB/s
89.9% Excellent
Read 162
Write 122
Mixed 85.4
SusWrite 152
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.13 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CE02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 150 151 151 151 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 161
Write 139
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 151
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CE03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 145 146 146 145 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 146
Write 141
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 147
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
472GB free
Firmware: CE03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 103 103 103 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 110
Write 101
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 103
70% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
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Typical ST4000NC000-1FR168 4TB Builds (Compare 2,863 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision T3600

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples1,065x
Xeon E5-1650 0Intel  $230Bench 73%, 10,189 samples448x
Xeon E5-1603 0IntelBench 60%, 3,589 samples238x
GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples163x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples138x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples117x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples84x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples63x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $104Bench 112%, 129,044 samples48x
RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples147x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples130x
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples74x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373

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