Average Bench: 22.9% (1049th of 1072)

Based on 87 user benchmarks.  Model: ST8000NE0021-2EN112
Poor: 17%Average: 22.9% Great: 26%

Very poor average bench

The ST8000NE0021-2EN112 8TB averaged 77.0% 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. Sequential Write Speed 197MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 197MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST8000NE0021-2EN112 8TB is just 9.19%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the ST8000NE0021-2EN112 8TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 2.21MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 87 samples)
Min Avg Max
168 Read 204 232
154 Write 197 233
86.9 Mixed 111 195
124 SusWrite 197 233
39.9% 177 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.09 4K Read 1.55 1.76
8.24 4K Write 9.78 12
0.33 4K Mixed 0.92 1.26
8.7% 4.08 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.57 DQ Read 2.21 4.43
4.41 DQ Write 9.24 13.7
0.32 DQ Mixed 1.6 2.8
2.43% 4.35 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 230 233 233 235 232 MB/s
Read 240
Write 186
Mixed 107
SusWrite 228
43% 190 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 1.1
9% 4.07 MB/s
DQ Read 3
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 3.2
4% 6.8 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 230 230 234 230 231 MB/s
Read 230
Write 174
Mixed 102
SusWrite 227
41% 183 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 8.5
4K Mixed 1
8% 3.7 MB/s
DQ Read 2.1
DQ Write 14.4
DQ Mixed 2.1
3% 6.2 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 220 221 222 223 219 MB/s
Read 216
Write 210
Mixed 108
SusWrite 220
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 0.4
8% 3.57 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 11.9
DQ Mixed 2.6
3% 4.97 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 167 168 172 171 MB/s
Read 212
Write 205
Mixed 96
SusWrite 169
38% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 1.2
9% 4.23 MB/s
DQ Read 2
DQ Write 9.1
DQ Mixed 2.2
3% 4.43 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 166 159 169 165 MB/s
Read 158
Write 151
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 160
31% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 1.1
9% 3.97 MB/s
DQ Read 2.3
DQ Write 5.3
DQ Mixed 1.6
2% 3.07 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 119 121 122 122 MB/s
Read 212
Write 217
Mixed 97
SusWrite 120
36% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 1
9% 4.13 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 7.9
DQ Mixed 1.8
2% 3.7 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: EN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 111 109 110 109 MB/s
Read 179
Write 147
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 109
28% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 0.7
8% 3.57 MB/s
DQ Read 0.3
DQ Write 14.9
DQ Mixed 3
4% 6.07 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,882,724 SSDs tested

Typical ST8000NE0021-2EN112 8TB Builds (Compare 5,581 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $139

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $604

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