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ST3000VN000-1HJ166 802GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 84.3% (52nd of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Models: ST3000VN000-1HJ166, ST3000VN000-1H4167
Poor: 76%Average: 84.3% Great: 91%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate ST3000VN000-1HJ166 802GB averaged just 15.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST3000VN000-1HJ166 802GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 147MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 5284.3%
Min Avg Max
127 Read 147 165
115 Write 136 151
57.3 Mixed 68.4 88.3
136 SusWrite 145 155
90.7% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.57 0.7
1.6 4K Write 1.64 1.7
0.2 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
121% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 151
Mixed 88.3
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.67
4K Mixed 0.2
78% 0.82 MB/s
561GB free
Firmware: SC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 159 159 161 145 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 151
Write 115
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 155
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 145 145 146 146 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 145
Write 142
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 145
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.87 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 134 137 137 137 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 127
Write 134
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 136
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,435,182 HDDs tested

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Typical ST3000VN000-1HJ166 802GB Builds (Compare 109 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: HP xw6600 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 442 samples19x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54501stBench 47%, 569 samples15x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54301stBench 46%, 705 samples10x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples5x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples5x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples8x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples7x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples3x
RAM
49GBUnknownBench 18%, 1,461 samples36x
65GBUnknownBench 19%, 1,017 samples30x
41GBUnknownBench 17%, 2,583 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $135

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