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Seagate ST8000DM004

Barracuda 8TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 69% (133rd of 1015)

more Based on 42,465 user benchmarks.  Models: ST8000DM004-2CX188, ST8000DM 004-2CX188, ST8000DM ST8000DM004-2CX1, ST8000DM004-2U9188, ST8000DM 004-2U9188, ST8000DM004-2ZD188, ST8000DM004-2CX1, ST8000DM004-2U91
Poor: 39%Average: 69% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017) averaged 31.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.48MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017) is 50.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 97.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,465 samples)
Rank 13369%
Min Avg Max
49 Read 97.3 143
60.9 Write 122 160
42 Mixed 67.8 79.1
74 SusWrite 142 183
78.8% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.61 2.6
0.5 4K Write 3.48 5.44
0 4K Mixed 0.48 0.9
185% 1.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 162 159 163 166 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 108
Write 154
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 163
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.8
254% 2.53 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 158 158 156 160 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 98.4
Write 111
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 157
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.6
219% 2.37 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 139 138 139 142 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 94.1
Write 129
Mixed 72.4
SusWrite 140
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.7
224% 2.33 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 153 153 152 151 MB/s
67.1% Good
Read 81.9
Write 142
Mixed 73.6
SusWrite 151
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.6
223% 2.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 114 113 115 112 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 68.9
Write 108
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 114
65% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.5
206% 2.3 MB/s
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $109

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $176Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,720x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $169Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,347x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $136Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,475x
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RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,282x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,104x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,496x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,870x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $147Bench 297%, 331,647 samples879x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples782x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples743x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $130Bench 89%, 144,399 samples658x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $879

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7 months ago.

ESP-User
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Good

2 years ago.

Seagate Never failed me up to now, I used 2To, 4To, now I have this 8 To paired with a Samsung 970 EVO pro and everything is doing as expected. I put 4 stars because it's a bit old and running of course smoother than a SSD, but for keeping datas, it does the job.

SAU-User
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Excellent

2 years ago.

well the value per GB is superior

ColdSpy
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Excellent

4 years ago.

8TB of storage space at $150 sounded more like an excellent deal, maybe one of the highest value HDD you can get today especially if you want to store a lot of games, videos, project files, etc. This HDD has slower read/write compared to other HDD at same capacity but that's not a big deal for 8TB HDD at that price.

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