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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

▲ 60416 ▼

Release date: Q3 2013.

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Average Bench: 73.3% (114th of 1010)

more Based on 6,806 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164
Poor: 44%Average: 73.3% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 26.7% 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 1.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.83MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 43.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 117MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,806 samples)
Rank 11473.3%
Min Avg Max
54.4 Read 119 169
58 Write 117 170
22.8 Mixed 43.3 71.3
80.3 SusWrite 135 173
75.4% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.1 1.4
1.6 4K Write 4.83 5.4
0.7 4K Mixed 1.85 2.37
341% 2.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 148 148 144 147 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 138
Write 125
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 147
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.6
312% 2.53 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 47 110 109 100 113 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 47.2
Write 150
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 96.7
58% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.4
298% 2.53 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,468,350 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $169 @ launch in Aug '13
AmazonUS $2008 months
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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 10,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 123%
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Desktop
Desktop 108%
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Workstation
Workstation 116%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $180

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $242Bench 92%, 28,638 samples3,705x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $170Bench 89%, 37,088 samples2,670x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $200Bench 84%, 65,642 samples2,581x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $770Bench 153%, 213,532 samples2,433x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 352,399 samples1,726x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples1,257x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 197%, 103,099 samples1,642x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 218%, 59,677 samples1,374x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples780x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 58,078 samples932x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $210Bench 105%, 10,269 samples795x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $159Bench 89%, 31,513 samples556x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $1,423

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site www.seagate.com/...

Performance, capacity, affordable...

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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

AUS-User
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2,036

Good

17 months ago.

I own one, complete rubbish crashes fails.... its going in the bin when i manage to recover my data. This has completely put me off buy any further seagate products

CZE-User
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1,840

Poor

2 years ago.

after 1,5 year 1 of my 2 these disks have bad sectors

Buckshot26
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Good

2 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay
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Good

13 months ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102
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Poor

2 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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