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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

▲ 53100 ▼

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

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%
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 199 194 199 196 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 200
Mixed 81
SusWrite 197
120% 165 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
139% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 208 201 205 210 210 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 146
Mixed 81.1
SusWrite 206
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
130% 1.1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: VP01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 200 200 199 201 201 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 132
Write 165
Mixed 68.4
SusWrite 199
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
118% 0.87 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 184 179 187 190 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 130
Write 142
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 186
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
79% 0.67 MB/s
822GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 165 173 161 163 165 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 143
Write 174
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 163
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
122% 1.03 MB/s
675GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 164 162 166 163 165 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 145
Write 98.2
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 162
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
143% 1.07 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 168 166 167 155 165 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 103
Write 117
Mixed 73.1
SusWrite 162
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
78% 0.73 MB/s
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Workstation 92%
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples8,161x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,872x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $175Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,929x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,522x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,347x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,177x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples684x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples551x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $109Bench 212%, 171,271 samples551x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,018x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,024x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples786x
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USA-User
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5 months ago.

GBR-User
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5,908

Terrible

2 years 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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5,580

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

POL-User
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4,672

Excellent

10 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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3,610

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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1,764

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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Average

5 years ago.

It does the job

CheezyPenguinn
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Excellent

3 years ago.

Very cheap and easily accessible to the public

Sylphe
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12

Excellent

4 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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