Seagate

ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB

ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB
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Effective Speed +11% Effective Speed 11%Average Score +33% Read 10%, Write 15%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 157%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 11%Peak Score +48% Read 18%, Write 21%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 215%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite 21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +46% Age 46%

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Average Bench: 97.8% (6^th of 1015)

Based on 111 user benchmarks. Models: ST12000NM0007-2A1101, ST12000N M0007-2A1101, ST12000NM0007-2A

Poor: 63%Average: 97.8% Great: 135%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB averaged just 2.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.01MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.52MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB is 72.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 166MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 111 samples)

Rank 697.8%

Min	Avg	Max
80.8	Read 171	236
85.7	Write 166	227
36.4	Mixed 88.2	109
91.7	SusWrite 168	238
109% 148 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 1.44	1.9
2.55	4K Write 5.52	7.9
0.4	4K Mixed 1.01	1.4
275% 2.66 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: SN01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 158 154 159 160 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 192

Mixed 104

SusWrite 157

120% 163 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 6.1

4K Mixed 1.3

324% 3 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 month ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: SN02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 128 130 130 131 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 198

Mixed 101

SusWrite 130

118% 161 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 5.5

4K Mixed 1

280% 2.7 MB/s

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Typical ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB Builds (Compare 3,523 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 187%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 AORUS MASTER - $349

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,003x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	923x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	247x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	553x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	506x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	329x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	380x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	194x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	145x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	89x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	69x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	69x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,606

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If you could update the name so people could more easily search this out it would be nice. This is a Seagate Exos x12 12tb

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16