Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

▲ Desktop SSHD 4TB
BENCHMARKS (8,373)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $200

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Release date: Q3 2013.

1TB 2TB 4TB

Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average User Bench +6% Read -36%, Write -29%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write 129%, Mixed -101%, 4K Mixed 106%, SusWrite -11%Peak Lab Bench +17% Read -23%, Write -13%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write 117%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed 125%, SusWrite -14%Value & Sentiment -897%User Rating -32%, Market Share -3,368%, Price -122%, Value -64%Nice To Haves -30%Age -30%

Market Leaders

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 74.2% (113^th of 1010)

Based on 8,373 user benchmarks. Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164

Poor: 47%Average: 74.2% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 25.7% 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 1.83MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB is 48.3%. 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 40.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,373 samples)

Rank 11374.2%

Min	Avg	Max
53	Read 118	164
61.1	Write 114	169
23.3	Mixed 40.5	71.4
86	SusWrite 140	173
74.8% 103 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 1.1	1.3
2.52	4K Write 4.9	5.49
0.93	4K Mixed 1.83	2.3
340% 2.61 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 137 137 126 137 135 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 166

Mixed 61.9

SusWrite 134

96% 131 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 2.3

398% 2.83 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 146 145 146 147 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 113

Mixed 58.7

SusWrite 146

81% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 5.1

4K Mixed 2.1

382% 2.83 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

2TB free

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 146 146 146 145 146 MB/s

72.8% Very good

Write 85.2

Mixed 26.5

SusWrite 141

66% 91 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.9

353% 2.73 MB/s

NOR-User, 11 hrs ago.

114GB free

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 115 116 130 118 MB/s

63.8% Good

Write 101

Mixed 26

SusWrite 118

63% 86.9 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.8

342% 2.7 MB/s

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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 13,352 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 123%

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Desktop 110%

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Workstation 118%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $188

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $230Bench 93%, 37,519 samples	4,287x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $186Bench 89%, 52,286 samples	3,123x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $147Bench 85%, 98,183 samples	2,954x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 151%, 287,815 samples	2,870x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples	2,041x
GTX 1070Nvidia $364Bench 98%, 535,855 samples	1,487x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 127,835 samples	1,823x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $120Bench 218%, 79,020 samples	1,555x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples	898x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $110Bench 91%, 82,671 samples	1,078x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 105%, 15,148 samples	963x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $140Bench 91%, 54,980 samples	669x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,435

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21 months ago.

AUS-User

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Good

21 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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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

18 months ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102

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Poor

2 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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Intel Core i7-8700K $365	Nvidia GTX 1070 $364	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $65
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $761	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

Average Bench: 74.2% (113^th of 1010)

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