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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 86.8% (38th of 1015)

more Based on 481,534 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2EP102, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM008-2FR101, ST2000DM 008-2UB102, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR10001, ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2BD186, ST2000DM008-2UB102
Poor: 55%Average: 86.8% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 13.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.97MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 171MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.79MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 481,534 samples)
Rank 3886.8%
Min Avg Max
70.7 Read 132 175
78.4 Write 140 182
60.6 Mixed 73.1 82
105 SusWrite 171 213
94.3% 129 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.83 4K Read 1.97 2.8
0.5 4K Write 0.79 1.8
0 4K Mixed 0.24 0.96
124% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 220 220 215 218 215 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 144
Write 109
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 211
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
159% 1.2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 203 205 210 212 210 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 179
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 207
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
119% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 199 204 205 206 205 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 110
Mixed 74.6
SusWrite 200
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
93% 0.8 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 107 107 108 111 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 86.4
Write 126
Mixed 68.8
SusWrite 108
71% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
83% 0.7 MB/s
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Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $210Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples40,831x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $295Bench 84%, 696,534 samples13,376x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $329Bench 83%, 281,928 samples9,897x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples9,326x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples8,858x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 321,694 samples6,297x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples3,629x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 284%, 370,885 samples3,018x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 273%, 374,578 samples2,964x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples10,659x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $88Bench 85%, 287,774 samples5,208x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 84%, 269,433 samples4,373x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $872

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

Sustained reads @ 170MBps are ok, but real world performance for day to day usage is painfully slow. It took probably 8+ minutes for my 9th Gen i5 and 16GB RAM pc to boot. I just cloned the OS to a 970 EVO Plus and I’m happy with this PC again.

GBR-User
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5,042

Excellent

2 months ago.

Reliable, fast and great in price

HKG-User
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4,946

Terrible

11 months ago.

very low speed when I continue copy in! write speed too slow!!

NLD-User
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2,992

Terrible

24 months ago.

Very slow, bad performing disk (the series ending on 08) related to other Seagate disks (01,06)

LVA-User
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1,440

Excellent

21 months ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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54

Average

2 years ago.

It does the job

Sylphe
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12

Excellent

16 months ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

CheezyPenguinn
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Excellent

10 months ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

goochie
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Excellent

18 months ago.

nice

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