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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 88.9% (29th of 1015)

more Based on 477,525 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: 56%Average: 88.9% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 11.0% 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 1.96MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 176MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 51.4%. 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 0.77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 477,525 samples)
Rank 2988.9%
Min Avg Max
77 Read 134 174
83.2 Write 144 184
63.2 Mixed 74.5 83
104 SusWrite 176 213
96.6% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.96 2.8
0.5 4K Write 0.77 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.26 1
124% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
872GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 215 215 215 213 216 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 150
Mixed 72
SusWrite 213
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
93% 0.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 196 204 211 209 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 149
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 204
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
134% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 195 209 216 212 211 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 147
Write 156
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 207
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
150% 1.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 177 191 193 193 191 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 166
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 189
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
162% 1.17 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 182 193 198 173 MB/s
94.3% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 159
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 181
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 0.9 MB/s
579GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 133 146 151 151 148 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 104
Write 124
Mixed 64.7
SusWrite 145
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
64% 0.57 MB/s
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Workstation 86%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $109

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples38,664x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples12,617x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $319Bench 84%, 267,212 samples9,379x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples8,937x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples8,451x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 301,049 samples6,002x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 609,576 samples3,460x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 279%, 338,360 samples2,875x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 266%, 342,462 samples2,847x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples10,105x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples4,912x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples4,164x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $933

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

1 month 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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4,950

Excellent

7 days ago.

Reliable, fast and great in price

HKG-User
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4,894

Terrible

9 months ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,942

Terrible

21 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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1,418

Excellent

18 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

14 months ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

CheezyPenguinn
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10

Excellent

8 months ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

goochie
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Excellent

16 months ago.

nice

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