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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, ST2000DM008-2AE164, 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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 210 211 208 211 211 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 186
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 210
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
189% 1.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 206 208 206 206 208 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 127
Write 146
Mixed 76
SusWrite 206
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
469GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 160 155 161 157 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 147
Write 141
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 158
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
126% 1.07 MB/s
986GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 206 211 206 205 212 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 96.4
Write 132
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 207
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 131 131 132 133 126 MB/s
81.6% Excellent
Read 156
Write 150
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 129
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
656GB free
Firmware: 1002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 189 184 179 188 181 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 84.3
Write 105
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 173
68% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
56% 0.5 MB/s
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,955x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,803x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,892x
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RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,482x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $150Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,322x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,140x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples661x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples542x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples532x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,960x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples999x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples766x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $604

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USA-User
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GBR-User
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5,828

Terrible

20 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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5,546

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

POL-User
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4,616

Excellent

7 months ago.

ST2000DM008 model, 18 months and it is dead.. stopped responding under system, wasn't even used heavy.. simple fkin storage for some random data. My 15 years old WD Black under heavy load 24/7/365 is working almost like new... this drive is a mistake. Hope will get a refund.

NLD-User
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3,548

Terrible

4 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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1,726

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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56

Average

5 years ago.

It does the job

CheezyPenguinn
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14

Excellent

3 years ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

Sylphe
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12

Excellent

3 years ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

goochie
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Excellent

4 years ago.

nice

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