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Seagate ST12000VN0007

IronWolf 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

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Average Bench: 76.2% (101st of 1010)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Models: ST12000VN0007-2GS116, ST12000VN0007-2G, ST12000V N0007-2GS116
Poor: 21%Average: 76.2% Great: 119%

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Good average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) averaged 23.7% 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 1.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.38MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 21.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 10176.2%
Min Avg Max
51 Read 126 216
72 Write 149 200
26 Mixed 115 172
21.8 SusWrite 21.8 21.8
77.1% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 1.69 3.91
1.19 4K Write 1.94 2.86
0.16 4K Mixed 0.38 0.8
148% 1.34 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

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Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 42%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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Motherboard: Biostar TPower X58A

CPU
Core i7-920Intel  $330Bench 47%, 30,912 samples9x
Core i7-950Intel  $320Bench 52%, 17,929 samples4x
Core i7 930Intel  $393Bench 49%, 11,052 samples1x
GPU
HD 6850AMDBench 14%, 14,948 samples4x
R9 280XAMD  $210Bench 46%, 51,996 samples1x
GTX 650 Ti BoostNvidia  $140Bench 25%, 6,669 samples1x
SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel  $89Bench 67%, 3,882 samples1x
Neutron GTX 120GBCorsair  $128Bench 75%, 1,302 samples1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $207Bench 95%, 73,263 samples1x
RAM
6x1GBUnknownBench 41%, 1,089 samples3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 20,163 samples3x
18GBUnknownBench 44%, 2,531 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $419

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