Seagate IronWolf ST12000VN0007 12TB Review (Page 3 of 11)

Page 3 - Benchmark: AIDA64 Disk Benchmark

About AIDA64 Engineer

AIDA64 Engineer has a hardware detection engine unrivaled in its class. It provides detailed information about installed software and offers diagnostic functions and support for overclocking. As it is monitoring sensors in real time, it can gather accurate voltage, temperature and fan speed readings, while its diagnostic functions help detect and prevent hardware issues. It also offers a couple of benchmarks for measuring the performance of individual hardware components or the whole system. It is compatible with all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions, including Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.

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Since our storage review benchmark results are presented in alphabetical order, first up on the list are results from one of our favorite benchmarking programs, AIDA64 Engineer. Just to note, AIDA64 Engineer is a full synthetic benchmark. Unlike full synthetic motor oil, this usually does not always carry a good connotation. While it is not a representation of real life performance -- such as how fast you can copy movies to your drive -- it does provide valuable insight into performance variation between drives from different manufacturers. As you can see in our graphs above, the latest 7,200 RPM IronWolf ST12000VN0007 12TB delivered top notch performance in the linear read segment; posting the fastest rates on the board. It clocked in at 260.8MB/s in the beginning of the drive, 215.1MB/s in the middle, and finishing with 118.8MB/s in the end. Surprisingly, this was even faster than both the BarraCuda Pro 12TB and IronWolf Pro 12TB; albeit by a hair. Its 14.1ms random access time was a little higher than the IronWolf Pro 12TB and BarraCuda Pro 12TB; meaning it is still no match for the WD Black's 11.45ms and Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD V.5's 11.58ms.


Page Index
1. Introduction, Features, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 Disk Benchmark
4. Benchmark: ATTO Disk Benchmark
5. Benchmark: Crystal Disk Mark 3.0
6. Benchmark: HD Tach 3.0.1.0
7. Benchmark: HD Tune Pro 4.60
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 9.0
9. Benchmark: PCMark 7
10. NAS Performance, Power Consumption
11. Conclusion