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Seagate ST2000DM008

Barracuda 2TB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 90.8% (23rd of 1014)

Based on 183,179 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000DM008-2FR102, ST2000DM008-2DM164, ST2000DM 008-2FR102, ST2000DM ST2000DM008-2FR1, ST2000DM008-2FR1
Poor: 59%Average: 90.8% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) averaged just 9.2% 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 2.05MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 178MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) is 50.3%. 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 75MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 183,179 samples)
Rank 2390.8%
Min Avg Max
90 Read 138 181
89 Write 148 187
64.2 Mixed 75 82.5
98.3 SusWrite 178 214
98.5% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 4K Read 2.05 3
0.5 4K Write 0.79 1.7
0 4K Mixed 0.28 1
132% 1.04 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 206 215 204 207 214 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 153
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 208
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
150% 1.2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 207 207 208 208 209 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 118
Write 121
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 205
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
100% 0.8 MB/s
457GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 143 141 142 148 145 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 121
Write 136
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 142
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.03 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 104 106 105 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 123
Write 141
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 102
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
110% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 92%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $175Bench 84%, 451,203 samples19,358x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $284Bench 87%, 292,545 samples6,001x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $209Bench 86%, 142,486 samples4,963x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $399Bench 106%, 222,053 samples5,254x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $505Bench 113%, 295,609 samples5,047x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 69%, 107,910 samples2,870x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $67Bench 108%, 404,342 samples1,722x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 288%, 172,037 samples1,438x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $105Bench 248%, 72,562 samples1,338x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 300,565 samples4,783x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $86Bench 85%, 138,097 samples2,261x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $59Bench 86%, 148,505 samples2,078x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $835

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NLD-User
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Terrible

9 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

6 months ago.

Great for home game server RAID 0

mazinga
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Average

19 months ago.

It does the job

Sylphe
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Excellent

1 month ago.

great for storage especially for projects, photos, and music

goochie
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Excellent

4 months ago.

nice

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