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ST2000DM001 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 77.2% (89th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: ST2000DM001
Poor: 66%Average: 77.2% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB averaged 22.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 135MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB is 28.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 8977.2%
Min Avg Max
108 Read 135 166
113 Write 129 167
25.3 Mixed 74.8 159
84.5 SusWrite 135 164
86.8% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.69 0.84
0.3 4K Write 1.25 2.3
0.17 4K Mixed 0.6 1
118% 0.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 149 174 167 162 MB/s
84.7% Excellent
Read 134
Write 136
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 161
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.87 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 131 133 149 166 157 MB/s
81.9% Excellent
Read 140
Write 142
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 146
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.87 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 150 159 145 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 133
Write 129
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 141
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.83 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: SC23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 139 136 147 162 140 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 123
Write 126
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 144
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.77 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 127 125 126 127 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 126
Write 116
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 126
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
785GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 118 118 119 118 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 118
Write 125
Mixed 59.4
SusWrite 118
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
843GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 85 85 84 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 115
Write 121
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 84.5
68% 93.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,333,104 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Asrock H610M-HDV/M.2 R2.0

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples77x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples49x
Core i5-12400Intel  $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples27x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples23x
RTX 4060Nvidia  $295Bench 122%, 48,534 samples16x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples16x
SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples15x
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples7x
CT1000P3SSD8 1TBBench 268%, 44,174 samples5x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples14x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples12x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $412

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