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Seagate ST8000DM004

Barracuda 8TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 69.3% (127th of 1015)

more Based on 29,969 user benchmarks.  Models: ST8000DM004-2CX188, ST8000DM 004-2CX188, ST8000DM ST8000DM004-2CX1, ST8000DM004-2U9188, ST8000DM 004-2U9188, ST8000DM004-2ZD188, ST8000DM004-2CX1, ST8000DM004-2U91
Poor: 41%Average: 69.3% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017) averaged 30.6% 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 Write Speed 4.28MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.58MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017) is 49.3%. 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 67.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 96.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29,969 samples)
Rank 12769.3%
Min Avg Max
50 Read 96.8 145
72 Write 124 155
53 Mixed 67.7 78.2
81.1 SusWrite 144 178
79.2% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.58 2.5
0.5 4K Write 4.28 5.5
0 4K Mixed 0.59 0.9
211% 2.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 154 158 164 157 MB/s
86.6% Excellent
Read 143
Write 150
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 158
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.8
244% 2.4 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 169 165 159 165 165 MB/s
86.3% Excellent
Read 135
Write 150
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 164
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.8
248% 2.63 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 169 128 165 158 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 94.1
Write 139
Mixed 70.1
SusWrite 159
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.3
144% 1.5 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 107 121 120 128 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 103
Write 134
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 119
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.7
218% 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) - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,037x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $227Bench 98%, 123,561 samples3,654x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $156Bench 96%, 159,179 samples2,955x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,936x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $807Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,833x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,287x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,610x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples936x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $121Bench 297%, 331,647 samples757x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples664x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples631x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $144Bench 89%, 144,399 samples570x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $1,000

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

6 months ago.

ESP-User
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3,583

Good

19 months 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

19 months ago.

well the value per GB is superior

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

2 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.

paulvanjaf
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Excellent

5 years ago.

excelent HDD, its great to have so much space to save all my projects, games and videos. maybe till the end of the year i will buy the 12tb version

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