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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 88% (38th of 1015)

more Based on 238,150 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM008-2FR101, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR10001, ST2000DM008-2FR1
Poor: 56%Average: 88% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 11.9% 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 1.89MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 172MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 51.8%. 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 72.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 238,150 samples)
Rank 3888%
Min Avg Max
76.6 Read 135 173
85.9 Write 145 182
59.2 Mixed 72.9 81.4
86.9 SusWrite 172 213
95.8% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.89 2.9
0.5 4K Write 0.8 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.29 0.96
126% 1 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: 203 215 220 219 218 217 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 190
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 216
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1
242% 1.6 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 219 204 217 217 217 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 164
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 213
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
112% 0.93 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 205 205 203 205 211 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 141
Write 169
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 203
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
85% 0.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 188 181 183 189 MB/s
90% Excellent
Read 129
Write 136
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 185
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 179 174 193 195 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 102
Write 196
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 174
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
105% 0.93 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 50 105 113 144 126 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 152
Write 129
Mixed 70
SusWrite 98.5
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
189% 1.4 MB/s
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Gaming 92%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 87%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $228Bench 84%, 548,249 samples23,456x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 87%, 355,575 samples7,403x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $256Bench 86%, 169,906 samples6,136x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 106%, 229,056 samples6,234x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 123%, 330,358 samples5,956x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 74%, 145,766 samples3,654x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $53Bench 107%, 426,284 samples2,105x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 289%, 207,031 samples1,767x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 274%, 261,855 samples1,639x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 86%, 331,692 samples5,988x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 84%, 157,695 samples2,829x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $64Bench 86%, 170,824 samples2,550x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $860

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NLD-User
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Terrible

11 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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Excellent

8 months ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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Average

21 months ago.

It does the job

Sylphe
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Excellent

3 months ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

goochie
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Excellent

6 months ago.

nice

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