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Seagate

Expansion Desk 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 54.6% (251st of 1015)

Based on 11,776 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 14%Average: 54.6% Great: 87%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB averaged 45.3% 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 Write Speed 5.04MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.61MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB is 73.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 83.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,776 samples)
Rank 25154.6%
Min Avg Max
25.5 Read 83.1 142
21.9 Write 86.1 146
19.1 Mixed 37.6 91.6
18 SusWrite 106 175
56.9% 78.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.41 4K Read 1.19 2.88
3.2 4K Write 5.04 7.5
0.3 4K Mixed 0.61 0.9
210% 2.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0909
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 149 148 149 152 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 139
Write 95.7
Mixed 34.9
SusWrite 148
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 1
306% 3.33 MB/s
436GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 177 173 173 178 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 30
SusWrite 173
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.7
209% 2.1 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0909
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 176 177 174 175 176 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 100
Write 128
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 172
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.8
282% 3.23 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 111 111 85 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 109
Write 102
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 107
63% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.5
240% 3.07 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 156 155 147 154 151 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 65.5
Write 86
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 148
70% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 7.2
4K Mixed 0.6
217% 2.73 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0909
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 39 41 40 40 MB/s
22.9% Poor
Read 38.7
Write 41
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 40.1
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
190% 1.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 20 20 20 21 21 MB/s
20.4% Poor
Read 51.9
Write 30.5
Mixed 35.4
SusWrite 18.3
25% 34 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
168% 1.37 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 41 31 30 41 38 MB/s
11.7% Very poor
Read 5
Write 32.7
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 35.3
20% 26.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.67 MB/s
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Typical Expansion Desk 5TB Builds (Compare 25,809 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,412x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,235x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,073x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,467x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,835x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples1,106x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples866x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $932

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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