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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 86.9% (37th of 1015)

more Based on 695,066 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2CW102, ST2000DM008-1ER164, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM008-2FR101, ST2000DM 008-2UB102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR10001, ST2000DM008-2EP1, ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2BD186, ST2000DM008-2UB102, ST2000DM008-2EP102, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2UB1
Poor: 53%Average: 86.9% Great: 106%

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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 2.04MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 173MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 53%. 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 74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 695,066 samples)
Rank 3786.9%
Min Avg Max
62.8 Read 130 173
85.3 Write 142 183
62 Mixed 74 86.4
102 SusWrite 173 213
94.8% 130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 2.04 4.1
0.5 4K Write 0.79 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.26 1
128% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
368GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 199 195 203 196 201 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 150
Mixed 80.6
SusWrite 197
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
139% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 194 193 200 204 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 144
Write 182
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 197
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
99% 0.9 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 189 186 180 190 181 MB/s
90.1% Outstanding
Read 132
Write 162
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 182
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
118% 1 MB/s
381GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 178 174 180 176 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 122
Write 144
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 175
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
118% 0.87 MB/s
700GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 156 158 158 160 163 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 119
Write 144
Mixed 74.4
SusWrite 157
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
394GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 99 96 101 96 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 122
Write 103
Mixed 74
SusWrite 97.7
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
93% 0.8 MB/s
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $109Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples6,069x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $220Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,124x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $204Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,419x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,103x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $289Bench 99%, 461,061 samples998x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples864x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples506x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples404x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 289%, 406,008 samples397x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,535x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 346,786 samples756x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $50Bench 84%, 287,720 samples582x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $863

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GBR-User
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5,422

Terrible

2 months ago.

After having it for about 2 years with 140 days of running time this is on it's last legs whereas the Kingston SSD I bought at the same time is completely fine.

HKG-User
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5,198

Terrible

2 years ago.

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

NLD-User
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3,286

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

LVA-User
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1,580

Excellent

2 years ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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Average

3 years ago.

It does the job

CheezyPenguinn
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Excellent

24 months ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

Sylphe
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Excellent

2 years ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

goochie
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Excellent

2 years ago.

nice

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