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ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB

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Effective Speed -1,796%Effective Speed -1,796%Average Score -3,775%Read -2,019%, Write -2,419%, 4K Read -365%, 4K Write -2,351%, Mixed -4,471%, 4K Mixed -13,221%, SusWrite -1,576%Peak Score -3,825%Read -2,478%, Write -2,892%, 4K Read -473%, 4K Write -2,390%, Mixed -2,178%, 4K Mixed -14,485%, SusWrite -1,881%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves DQ Read -49,240%, DQ Write -10,399%, DQ Mixed -110,321%, ADQ Read -51,886%, ADQ Write -10,549%, ADQ Mixed -109,058%, Age -193%, AS-SSD Total -4,635%

Average Bench: 28.8% (1028^th of 1080)

Based on 16 user benchmarks. Model: ST12000NM0008-2H

Poor: 21%Average: 28.8% Great: 32%

Popular builds with this SSD

Dell Precision T3600 (1)

Very poor average bench

The ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB averaged 71.2% 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 Read Speed 19.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 188MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB is just 11.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 3.29MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.36MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)

Rank 102828.8%

Min	Avg	Max
87.4	Read 198	230
83.2	Write 185	215
39	Mixed 70.7	205
114	SusWrite 188	231
36% 160 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.8	4K Read 19.1	33.5
1.7	4K Write 8.46	15.2
0.1	4K Mixed 0.83	1.5
34.4% 9.46 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.3	DQ Read 3.29	4.7
2.6	DQ Write 11.8	18.1
0.7	DQ Mixed 1.36	1.9
2.8% 5.48 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 24 months ago.

4TB free

Firmware: SN03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 203 199 199 183 206 MB/s

34.9% Below average

Write 210

Mixed 114

SusWrite 198

41% 183 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 15.2

4K Mixed 1.5

52% 14.9 MB/s

DQ Read 3.9

DQ Write 9

DQ Mixed 1.8

3% 4.9 MB/s

NZL-User, 24 months ago.

6.5TB free

Firmware: SN02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 207 212 209 211 210 MB/s

32.3% Below average

Write 185

Mixed 121

SusWrite 209

40% 179 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 7.5

4K Mixed 1.3

43% 11.1 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

5.5TB free

Firmware: SN02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 222 220 222 222 222 MB/s

32.1% Below average

Write 211

Mixed 46

SusWrite 221

39% 175 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 0.4

37% 9.2 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

6TB free

Firmware: SN03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 201 201 203 203 MB/s

29.6% Poor

Write 199

Mixed 87.1

SusWrite 200

38% 172 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 13.1

4K Mixed 1.1

33% 10.1 MB/s

DQ Read 3.9

DQ Write 17.6

DQ Mixed 1.4

4% 7.63 MB/s

USA-User, 10 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: SN03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 140 137 137 138 MB/s

27.3% Poor

Write 185

Mixed 53.6

SusWrite 138

32% 143 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 14.4

4K Mixed 1.2

40% 12 MB/s

DQ Read 4.7

DQ Write 6.4

DQ Mixed 1.6

2% 4.23 MB/s

VNM-User, 17 months ago.

74GB free

Firmware: SN02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 121 118 117 115 MB/s

16.1% Very poor

Write 83.2

Mixed 39

SusWrite 116

18% 81.3 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 4.1

4K Mixed 0.1

21% 5.53 MB/s

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision T3600

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,123x
Xeon E5-1650 0Intel $230Bench 73%, 10,189 samples	468x
Xeon E5-1603 0IntelBench 60%, 3,589 samples	247x

GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	178x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	119x

SSD
ST12000NM0008-2H 12TBBench 29%, 16 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples	150x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples	136x
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples	77x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

Popular ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB compatible motherboards:

Dell Precision T3600 (1)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $129
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389

ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB

Average Bench: 28.8% (1028^th of 1080)

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ST12000NM0008-2H 12TB

Average Bench: 28.8% (1028th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 28.8% (1028^th of 1080)