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ST8000DM004-2CX1 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 68.2% (139th of 1015)

Based on 101 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID ST8000DM004-2CX1
Poor: 31%Average: 68.2% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The Amd-raid ST8000DM004-2CX1 8TB averaged 31.8% 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 Read Speed 2.12MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.25MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid ST8000DM004-2CX1 8TB is 69.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid ST8000DM004-2CX1 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 36.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 89MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 101 samples)
Rank 13968.2%
Min Avg Max
30.5 Read 89 169
17.1 Write 104 143
9.38 Mixed 36.4 69.4
23.7 SusWrite 147 181
68.3% 94.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 2.12 9.56
1.2 4K Write 4.25 6.1
0.12 4K Mixed 0.5 1.1
223% 2.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 103 106 114 109 109 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 90.3
Write 100
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 109
58% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.4
161% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 128 127 126 129 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 66
Write 96.5
Mixed 17.4
SusWrite 124
55% 76 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.3
155% 2.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 118 124 123 124 124 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 67.1
Write 65
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 120
49% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.3
167% 2.13 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 122 115 127 118 121 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 66.4
Write 93.7
Mixed 17.4
SusWrite 117
53% 73.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.4
156% 1.9 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 112 114 102 109 116 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 49.3
Write 74.9
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 108
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.3
149% 1.77 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 45 55 7.7 49 29 MB/s
30% Below average
Read 70.8
Write 81.2
Mixed 15.4
SusWrite 33.3
36% 50.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.1
86% 1 MB/s
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Gaming 207%
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Desktop 104%
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Workstation 248%
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Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE (MS-7C34)

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD  $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples148x
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD  $515Bench 89%, 50,170 samples112x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples52x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples97x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples44x
RX 6900-XTAMD  $1,000Bench 195%, 16,057 samples44x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples40x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples38x
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent  $100Bench 317%, 46,203 samples25x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples33x
F4-3600C18-32GTZR 4x31.8GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 873 samples24x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 11,505 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $1,665

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