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Seagate ST12000VN0007

IronWolf 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

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Average Bench: 77.9% (88th of 1010)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Models: ST12000VN0007-2GS116, ST12000VN0007-2G, ST12000V N0007-2GS116
Poor: 21%Average: 77.9% Great: 119%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.92MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) is 97.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 8877.9%
Min Avg Max
51 Read 127 216
72 Write 151 200
6.2 Mixed 97.2 172
21.8 SusWrite 119 191
91.2% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 2.62 5.6
0.2 4K Write 1.88 3.4
0.16 4K Mixed 0.92 2.7
246% 1.81 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
22TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 117 142 31 168 151 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 192
Mixed 6.2
SusWrite 118
92% 129 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 2.7
454% 2.17 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,714,779 HDDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 122%
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Desktop
Desktop 106%
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Workstation
Workstation 96%
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Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883) - $250

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $391Bench 85%, 50,772 samples184x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $599Bench 86%, 18,721 samples122x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $440Bench 93%, 11,627 samples101x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 287,815 samples147x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples121x
GTX 980 TiNvidia  $480Bench 95%, 109,129 samples93x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $355Bench 226%, 31,936 samples82x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 127,835 samples44x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 2,163 samples14x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 113%, 165 samples13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 96%, 6,607 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,804

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