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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 72.6% (116th of 1015)

more Based on 17,392 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-2AG166, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164, ST4000DX001-1F4168
Poor: 38%Average: 72.6% Great: 96%

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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 4.83MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB is 57.4%. 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 41.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 112MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,392 samples)
Rank 11672.6%
Min Avg Max
50.4 Read 117 168
53.5 Write 112 161
23.2 Mixed 41.8 64.8
69 SusWrite 135 174
73.8% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.12 1.4
1.5 4K Write 4.83 5.4
0.6 4K Mixed 1.87 2.4
344% 2.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 174 176 174 175 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 138
Write 123
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 174
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.7
331% 2.67 MB/s
289GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 164 164 164 164 165 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 92.1
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 154
77% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.7
323% 2.57 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 173 174 177 176 178 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 130
Write 59.6
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 172
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 105 104 105 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 121
Write 55.2
Mixed 56.4
SusWrite 105
62% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 2.1
373% 2.67 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $169 @ launch in Aug '13
AmazonUS $1609 months
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Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $299Bench 83%, 504,930 samples8,272x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $188Bench 80%, 276,441 samples5,416x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 76%, 220,902 samples1,289x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples3,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples1,865x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 799,418 samples1,845x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples1,501x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples1,343x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $110Bench 114%, 389,170 samples508x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples1,270x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 52,140 samples803x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples718x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,029

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Performance, capacity, affordable...

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3 years ago.

AUS-User
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Good

3 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

4 years ago.

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

Buckshot26
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Good

5 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay
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Good

3 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102
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Poor

5 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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