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ST3000DM001-9YN166 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 89.5% (25th of 1015)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000DM001-9YN166, ST3000DM001-1CH166, ST3000DM 001-9YN166
Poor: 63%Average: 89.5% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 3TB averaged just 10.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 159MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 3TB is 47.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.41MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 94.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 2589.5%
Min Avg Max
71.5 Read 159 202
71.3 Write 129 197
51.8 Mixed 94.6 179
97 SusWrite 155 197
98.9% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.75 1.06
0.9 4K Write 1.41 1.82
0.24 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
129% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 185 185 188 185 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 156
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 186
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.03 MB/s
261GB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 155 160 159 159 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 143
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 158
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 163 161 163 162 MB/s
99.9% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 150
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 161
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 156 157 157 157 157 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 108
Mixed 80
SusWrite 155
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 142 143 143 142 MB/s
90% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 144
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 142
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 116 118 119 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 187
Write 153
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 117
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1 MB/s
312GB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 149 150 147 150 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 71.5
Write 73.9
Mixed 51.8
SusWrite 149
63% 86.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI - $276

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples426x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples91x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples52x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples79x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples65x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples52x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples43x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples42x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples55x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples38x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,069

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