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Seagate

Expansion 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 43.5% (436th of 1015)

Based on 49,966 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 16%Average: 43.5% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 2TB averaged 56.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 2TB is 50.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 68MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49,966 samples)
Rank 43643.5%
Min Avg Max
27 Read 68 111
23.6 Write 80.7 130
23.4 Mixed 64.5 97.8
24.8 SusWrite 83 128
54.8% 74 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1 1.9
0.3 4K Write 2.16 4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.65 1.1
154% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
838GB free
Firmware: 0706
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 99 99 100 100 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 69.8
Write 60.1
Mixed 48.1
SusWrite 98.1
51% 69 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.9
191% 1.73 MB/s
643GB free
Firmware: 0706
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 102 99 100 100 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 59.1
Write 52.7
Mixed 53.9
SusWrite 99
49% 66.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.57 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 90 89 94 96 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 63
Write 89.8
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 93.3
64% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.5
184% 1.73 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 40 39 39 40 39 MB/s
21.1% Poor
Read 34.4
Write 36.6
Mixed 32
SusWrite 38.4
26% 35.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.4
119% 1.07 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,007x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,178x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,944x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,299x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples884x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples788x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples959x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $687

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