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Seagate ST12000VN0007

IronWolf 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 63.6% (175th of 1015)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Models: ST12000VN0007-2GS116, ST12000VN0007-2G, ST12000V N0007-2GS116
Poor: 37%Average: 63.6% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) averaged 36.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 1.06MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.14MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) is 52.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 95.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 17563.6%
Min Avg Max
19 Read 95.3 196
76.5 Write 113 166
13 Mixed 80.8 159
66.3 SusWrite 126 221
76.5% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 2.14 4.9
1.3 4K Write 2.08 3.1
0.2 4K Mixed 1.06 2.3
245% 1.76 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 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 98%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C37) - $170

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $329Bench 87%, 450,504 samples5,631x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $198Bench 84%, 703,010 samples4,447x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $544Bench 89%, 188,169 samples2,476x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 286,928 samples2,657x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 401,550 samples2,621x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $480Bench 100%, 185,098 samples1,109x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 287%, 246,585 samples1,135x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $64Bench 271%, 313,524 samples883x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 307%, 197,148 samples860x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 360,684 samples1,381x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 85%, 188,132 samples871x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $77Bench 84%, 197,976 samples561x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,063

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NLD-User
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Excellent

28 days ago.

Excellent performance as a NAS Drive

ColdSpy
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Average

14 months 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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