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Seagate

ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 54.7% (250th of 1014)

Based on 318 user benchmarks.  Models: ST2000LM007-1R8174, ST2000LM 007-1R8174, ST2000LM007-1R81
Poor: 33%Average: 54.7% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB averaged 45.3% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.35MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB is 39.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 81MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 318 samples)
Rank 25054.7%
Min Avg Max
31.2 Read 81 130
57.4 Write 99.9 131
43.1 Mixed 59 69.5
58.2 SusWrite 109 130
64% 87.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.22 2
1.6 4K Write 3.35 4.99
0.1 4K Mixed 0.62 0.8
181% 1.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 118 118 121 121 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 100
Write 116
Mixed 56.8
SusWrite 118
72% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
186% 1.43 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 118 108 121 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 97.3
Write 115
Mixed 56.6
SusWrite 116
70% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
206% 1.53 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 128 131 129 128 122 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 83.3
Write 113
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 126
71% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.7
200% 1.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 122 121 126 122 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 82.7
Write 107
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 121
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.7
203% 2.07 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 106 123 123 124 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 79.4
Write 93.7
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 120
64% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.6
204% 2.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 124 124 126 127 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 73.5
Write 124
Mixed 49
SusWrite 125
68% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.8
213% 2.13 MB/s
765GB free
Firmware: SS22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 99 98 96 96 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 70.5
Write 109
Mixed 66
SusWrite 96.9
63% 85.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.6
186% 1.97 MB/s
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Typical ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB Builds (Compare 1,049 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 106%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 96%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 - $290

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples296x
Core i7-6950XIntel  $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples246x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples128x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples180x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples175x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples62x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples47x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples36x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 96%, 3,140 samples18x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 95%, 3,531 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,578

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