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Seagate ST12000VN0007

IronWolf 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 46.9% (356th of 1015)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Models: ST12000VN0007-2GS116, ST12000VN0007-2G, ST12000V N0007-2GS116
Poor: 24%Average: 46.9% Great: 80%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) averaged 53.1% 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 2.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.75MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) is 56.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 72.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 35646.9%
Min Avg Max
5 Read 72.8 200
6.7 Write 80.8 161
3 Mixed 67.6 164
7.3 SusWrite 89.6 187
57.5% 77.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 2.68 6.7
0 4K Write 1.59 3.9
0 4K Mixed 0.75 1.4
225% 1.67 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 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI MS-B1061

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $245Bench 72%, 282,363 samples98x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples60x
Core i5-6400Intel  $170Bench 61%, 171,457 samples35x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples48x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples32x
SSD
RBU-SC152S37128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 435 samples20x
SSD370 256GBTranscend  $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples18x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples17x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples60x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples37x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $585

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NLD-User
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Excellent performance as a NAS Drive

ColdSpy
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Average

3 years ago.

Currently one of the highest capacity HDD or storage devices to appear in UserBenchmark. Performance is slightly slower than much more popular and mainstream Seagate Barracuda 1TB/2TB and WD Blue 1TB. Can potentially store thousand (if not tens of thousand and more) games (not even recent triple-A ones which bogs up large amount of storage!) but transferring all of them requires waiting for couple hours to few days.

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