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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 89.8% (28th of 1015)

Based on 53,941 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR1
Poor: 52%Average: 89.8% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 10.1% 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 1.93MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 58.1%. 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 0.92MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 53,941 samples)
Rank 2889.8%
Min Avg Max
83.4 Read 138 179
84.1 Write 148 184
53.7 Mixed 73.2 83.6
77.6 SusWrite 175 214
97.6% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.93 3
0.6 4K Write 0.92 1.9
0 4K Mixed 0.4 1
142% 1.08 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: 162 172 164 183 188 178 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 151
Mixed 77
SusWrite 175
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
200% 1.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 163 157 149 161 161 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 101
Write 100
Mixed 74.7
SusWrite 158
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.27 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 52 96 160 127 145 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 138
Write 130
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 118
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
126% 0.93 MB/s
592GB free
Firmware: 0002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 133 137 139 139 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 106
Write 95.7
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 135
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0
92% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 56%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 75%, 308,675 samples8,808x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $179Bench 82%, 234,291 samples8,441x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $137Bench 80%, 148,578 samples6,471x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 341,223 samples3,520x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples2,871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples2,785x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $79Bench 108%, 245,569 samples2,444x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $88Bench 273%, 134,027 samples1,415x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $135Bench 116%, 156,337 samples1,132x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples3,648x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $95Bench 86%, 101,976 samples2,302x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 87%, 166,510 samples1,900x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $541

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USA-User
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30 days ago.

NLD-User
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Terrible

1 month ago.

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

mazinga
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Average

10 months ago.

It does the job

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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