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ST2000LM015-2E81 2TB

ST2000LM015-2E81 2TB
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -26%Read -110%, Write -52%, 4K Read 69%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite -42%Peak Score -18%Read -79%, Write -54%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +67% Age 67%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 51.8% (282^nd of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate ST2000LM015-2E81

Poor: 41%Average: 51.8% Great: 70%

Average average bench

The Seagate ST2000LM015-2E81 2TB averaged 48.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.45MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 74.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 28251.8%

Min	Avg	Max
51	Read 74.1	111
69.2	Write 89.9	117
47.5	Mixed 65.7	100
67.2	SusWrite 106	131
61.8% 83.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.2	4K Read 1.45	1.6
1.9	4K Write 2.53	3
0.1	4K Mixed 0.55	0.8
168% 1.51 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ESP-User, 6 years ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 132 132 133 132 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 117

Mixed 47.5

SusWrite 131

74% 102 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

191% 1.43 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 years ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 126 125 126 126 125 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 69.2

Mixed 100

SusWrite 119

64% 84.8 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.8

190% 1.5 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 years ago.

901GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 106 108 107 108 108 MB/s

47.4% Average

Write 85.8

Mixed 57.2

SusWrite 106

57% 76.8 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 0.1

115% 1.4 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

880GB free

Firmware: SDM1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 70 69 67 67 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 88.1

Mixed 57.4

SusWrite 67.2

53% 72 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 0.5

178% 1.7 MB/s

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