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ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 63.6% (172nd of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Models: ST12000NE0007-2GT116, ST12000NE0007-2G, ST12000N E0007-2GT116
Poor: 6%Average: 63.6% Great: 109%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB averaged 36.3% 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 Read Speed 4.98MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.85MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 103MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 105MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 17263.6%
Min Avg Max
9.2 Read 108 191
28.8 Write 105 187
7.7 Mixed 91.8 178
10.3 SusWrite 103 180
75.5% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 4.98 7.7
0.1 4K Write 1.77 2.7
0.1 4K Mixed 0.85 1.7
335% 2.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,330,264 HDDs tested

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Typical ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB Builds (Compare 1,252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples305x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples248x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples173x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples190x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples153x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples66x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples31x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples49x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $314

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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