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ST2000DX001 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 83.2% (61st of 1015)

Based on 135 user benchmarks.  Model: ST2000DX001
Poor: 54%Average: 83.2% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB averaged just 16.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.56MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 146MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB is 52.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.44MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 135 samples)
Rank 6183.2%
Min Avg Max
78.4 Read 146 193
79.8 Write 137 184
37.7 Mixed 88.2 152
62.8 SusWrite 141 193
94% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.72 1.03
0.8 4K Write 1.44 1.98
0.2 4K Mixed 0.56 0.8
119% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 145 146 148 147 147 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 106
Write 114
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 140
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 6.9
4K Mixed 1
260% 2.8 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 108 110 108 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 116
Write 121
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 109
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 113 119 127 147 121 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 68.9
Write 98.5
Mixed 52
SusWrite 127
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 0.5
211% 2.8 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 86 97 103 112 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 109
Mixed 57
SusWrite 91.2
64% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.6
207% 2.57 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 124 94 78 109 119 MB/s
49.6% Average
Read 64.8
Write 70.8
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 106
54% 73 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 0.6
222% 2.83 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 86 97 92 86 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 79.8
Write 103
Mixed 48.1
SusWrite 85
58% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.5
187% 2.4 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: SC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 78 85 97 93 86 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 74.8
Write 92
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 84.5
56% 75.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 0.6
232% 3 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples278x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples109x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples86x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples46x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $642

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