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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 75% (109th of 1015)

more Based on 12,042 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-2AG166, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164, ST4000DX001-1F4168
Poor: 47%Average: 75% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 25.0% 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 1.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.93MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB is 49.7%. 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 41.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 118MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,042 samples)
Rank 10975%
Min Avg Max
55 Read 121 168
65.2 Write 118 164
23.2 Mixed 41.2 73.4
78.3 SusWrite 139 175
76.1% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.09 1.4
3.18 4K Write 4.93 5.5
0.91 4K Mixed 1.84 2.3
341% 2.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 177 178 176 176 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 124
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 176
89% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.7
329% 2.67 MB/s
670GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 154 154 154 154 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 119
Write 117
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 154
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.2
391% 2.83 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 151 161 161 162 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 85
Write 134
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 160
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
353% 2.73 MB/s
386GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 95 96 97 95 MB/s
67.1% Good
Read 136
Write 118
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 96
67% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.5
299% 2.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 27,269,143 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $169 @ launch in Aug '13
AmazonUS $2463 months
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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 21,339 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 108%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $172

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $230Bench 78%, 56,678 samples5,773x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $289Bench 75%, 83,309 samples4,204x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $320Bench 73%, 146,677 samples3,965x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $719Bench 127%, 503,168 samples4,104x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples2,953x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $408Bench 78%, 785,629 samples2,162x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 175,522 samples2,273x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 108,899 samples1,993x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples1,210x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 86%, 232,778 samples1,510x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $118Bench 97%, 28,548 samples1,258x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples878x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $1,295

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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

2 years ago.

AUS-User
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2,770

Good

2 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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2,388

Poor

3 years ago.

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

Buckshot26
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Good

4 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay
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8

Good

2 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102
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Poor

4 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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