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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 88.5% (33rd of 1015)

more Based on 433,220 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2EP102, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM008-2FR101, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR10001, ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2BD186
Poor: 54%Average: 88.5% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 11.5% 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 175MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 53.9%. 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 0.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 433,220 samples)
Rank 3388.5%
Min Avg Max
68.8 Read 134 172
78.2 Write 143 184
61.7 Mixed 74.1 83.2
98 SusWrite 175 214
96.1% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.84 4K Read 1.97 3
0.5 4K Write 0.8 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.26 0.9
126% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
997GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 210 211 216 216 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 188
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 212
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
162% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 200 207 213 213 211 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 114
Mixed 70
SusWrite 208
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
76% 0.67 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 205 200 209 207 MB/s
97.9% Outstanding
Read 138
Write 129
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 203
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
122% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 194 196 199 199 199 MB/s
96.2% Outstanding
Read 138
Write 133
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 197
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
80% 0.7 MB/s
524GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 150 153 152 153 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 114
Write 160
Mixed 78
SusWrite 150
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
97% 0.83 MB/s
512GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 101 84 77 96 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 119
Write 106
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 87.7
70% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.03 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 114 93 74 73 69 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 54.5
Write 133
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 85.6
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming 90%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 86%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $215Bench 84%, 871,255 samples35,544x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 86%, 591,493 samples11,550x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $279Bench 85%, 256,537 samples8,728x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 345,322 samples8,405x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 483,896 samples7,920x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples5,570x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 605,938 samples3,194x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 287%, 287,087 samples2,672x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 270%, 348,027 samples2,637x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 84%, 477,694 samples9,351x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $100Bench 84%, 243,416 samples4,510x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $83Bench 84%, 212,382 samples3,826x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $894

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

begins to fail in just 2 years

HKG-User
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4,824

Terrible

6 months ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,866

Terrible

18 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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1,404

Excellent

15 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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Excellent

10 months ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

CheezyPenguinn
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Excellent

4 months ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

goochie
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Excellent

13 months ago.

nice

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