Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

▲ Desktop SSHD 4TB
BENCHMARKS (10,371)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date: Q3 2013.

1TB 2TB 4TB

Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average User Bench +6% Read -38%, Write -32%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write 131%, Mixed -101%, 4K Mixed 111%, SusWrite -12%Peak Lab Bench +17% Read -20%, Write -19%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write 119%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed 125%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment -849%User Rating -32%, Market Share -3,044%, Price -192%, Value -129%Nice To Haves -26%Age -26%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 72.4% (122^nd of 1015)

Based on 10,371 user benchmarks. Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164

Poor: 44%Average: 72.4% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 27.5% 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 4.95MB/s

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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 40.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,371 samples)

Rank 12272.4%

Min	Avg	Max
49	Read 116	168
57	Write 111	160
23.2	Mixed 40.6	66.4
77.9	SusWrite 135	174
73.2% 101 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 1.11	1.3
4.3	4K Write 4.95	5.5
1.3	4K Mixed 1.87	2.3
346% 2.64 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 161 166 172 171 MB/s

96.3% Outstanding

Write 131

Mixed 23.2

SusWrite 170

88% 122 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.5

305% 2.57 MB/s

PRT-User, 4 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 166 168 167 167 166 MB/s

91.8% Outstanding

Write 171

Mixed 26

SusWrite 165

93% 129 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.8

342% 2.7 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 168 169 169 168 MB/s

82.9% Excellent

Write 110

Mixed 28.2

SusWrite 168

77% 107 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.7

331% 2.67 MB/s

HUN-User, 4 hrs ago.

2TB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 136 137 138 136 MB/s

80.6% Excellent

Write 91

Mixed 81

SusWrite 135

83% 113 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 5.5

4K Mixed 1.4

282% 2.5 MB/s

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Gaming 109%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $158

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $230Bench 76%, 50,118 samples	5,179x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $164Bench 73%, 75,173 samples	3,801x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $180Bench 69%, 114,618 samples	3,594x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 132%, 410,234 samples	3,633x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 528,138 samples	2,601x
GTX 1070Nvidia $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples	1,908x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 152,751 samples	2,124x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 220%, 101,218 samples	1,835x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples	1,082x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 149,447 samples	1,334x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $120Bench 101%, 25,855 samples	1,205x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 87%, 82,476 samples	817x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $1,355

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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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Poor

3 years ago.

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

Buckshot26

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Good

3 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay

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Good

2 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102

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Poor

3 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $609	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

Average Bench: 72.4% (122^nd of 1015)

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Desktop SSHD 4TB

Average Bench: 72.4% (122nd of 1015)

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