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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 72.5% (119th of 1015)

more Based on 19,674 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-2AG166, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1Z4102, ST4000DX001-1NS164, ST4000DX001-1F4168
Poor: 44%Average: 72.5% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 27.4% 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 1.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.89MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB is 49.4%. 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 43.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 107MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,674 samples)
Rank 11972.5%
Min Avg Max
45.4 Read 115 161
57.3 Write 107 165
23.2 Mixed 43.6 72.7
78.2 SusWrite 137 173
73.1% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.11 1.4
2.22 4K Write 4.89 5.48
0.8 4K Mixed 1.87 2.4
345% 2.63 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 141 153 151 151 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 139
Write 100
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 147
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2
361% 2.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 169 171 172 170 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 113
Write 124
Mixed 57.1
SusWrite 170
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.2
391% 2.83 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 141 141 141 141 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 139
Write 157
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 141
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.3
404% 2.9 MB/s
711GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 120 121 121 121 MB/s
70.8% Very good
Read 126
Write 126
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 119
72% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.8
338% 2.67 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 48,531,792 HDDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $169 @ launch in Aug '13
AmazonUS $2302 months
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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 2,679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $229Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,948x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $549Bench 91%, 38,086 samples136x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $148Bench 91%, 264,837 samples131x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $649Bench 124%, 840,268 samples516x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $350Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples264x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $760Bench 187%, 424,051 samples203x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $89Bench 332%, 443,394 samples120x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 213%, 165,668 samples115x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $62Bench 84%, 215,644 samples131x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $165Bench 91%, 87,239 samples130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples97x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,240

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HDrivePro
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Performance, capacity, affordable...

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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

5 years ago.

AUS-User
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Good

5 years 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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Poor

6 years ago.

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

Pichu0102
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Poor

6 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

Buckshot26
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Good

6 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay
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Good

5 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

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