Results: PCMark 7
The Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000’s PCMark 7 performance is thoroughly mediocre. Its performance is alright, but it never manages to break out of the lower-middle field. Two Hitachi hard drives, the 7K3000 and 7K4000, win this one.
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB Review: Big Capacity At 5900 RPM
First, Seagate renamed its Barracuda hard drive family to Desktop HDD.15. Then, it introduced the first model in the new line-up—the Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000. Does Seagate's first massive 4 TB desktop disk deliver the performance we want or disappoint?
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vinhn 09 July 2013 05:41 Would rather take 3TB @ 7200 over 4TB @ 5800, I'm sure people would agree with that.Reply -
guru_urug 09 July 2013 05:49 Good Read.Reply
Noticed a small insignificant error in the "Drive Surface Temperature" chart. It lists the 4TB HDD.15 as a 7200rpm drive rather than a 5900rpm one. -
outlw6669 09 July 2013 06:07 Now that everyone has a full lineup of 4TB drives out, how about finally releasing something larger?Reply
Bring on the 2160p content! -
SteelCity1981 09 July 2013 06:35 the thing is this hard drive geared towards speed it's mostly geared towards data storage, which is why it's only 5800rpm, so you wouldn't get this obv if you want fast read and write times, that's what SSD's are for.Reply -
Mike Friesen 09 July 2013 07:03 The one graph, about temperatures, said "higher is better" beneath it...Reply -
masterjaw 09 July 2013 07:34 Great media storage drive for those with SSDs as boot drive which is what is currently on the trend right now.Reply -
csf60 09 July 2013 08:00 To all the people who say performance is not important, I would like to remind them we don't have a 4 terabyte SSD yet, and until then, if I need 4TB I have to use a hard drive. And it better be a fast one or I will be sitting for ever in a loading screen in-game, opening big programs and loading 8GB of sample sounds to RAM when I work with music.Reply
For me this is a big mistake for Seagate. I always bought their drives because they were the fastest, but it seems they are now joining the WD green lineup. I'll probably have to go with hitachi now to have some decent speed. -
wavetrex 09 July 2013 08:27 I personally only care about price / gigabyte. Give me the ability to store more HD pron and I'm happy. Don't care if it dies...Reply -
daglesj 09 July 2013 09:50 Would anyone use a 4TB drive as a system drive anyway? Short stoked to 200GB maybe but otherwise......? Reliability has never been a strong point with drives over 1TB IMO.Reply
I just see these big drives as a huge liability really, but folks will hoard their data.