Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

▲ Desktop SSHD 4TB
BENCHMARKS (19,674)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $230

Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score +8% Read -35%, Write -35%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write 128%, Mixed -89%, 4K Mixed 116%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score +21% Read -24%, Write -14%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 118%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed 135%, SusWrite -14%Value & Sentiment -1,122%User Rating -12%, Market Share -4,190%, Price -174%, Value -111%Nice To Haves -15%Age -15%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 72.5% (117^th of 1015)

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 19,674 samples)

Rank 11772.5%

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

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 172 174 175 174 MB/s

91% Outstanding

Write 135

Mixed 57.2

SusWrite 174

92% 127 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 4.8

4K Mixed 2.2

388% 2.77 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

2.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 151 109 132 157 153 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 152

Mixed 61.1

SusWrite 133

89% 122 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 2.3

402% 2.87 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 174 174 174 174 MB/s

74.1% Very good

Write 39.5

Mixed 53.2

SusWrite 173

64% 87.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 1.9

350% 2.67 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

617GB free

Firmware: CC44

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 108 108 108 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 80.4

Mixed 55.9

SusWrite 108

64% 87.1 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 4.8

4K Mixed 2.2

388% 2.77 MB/s

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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 3,111 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $239Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,253x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	169x
Core i7-8086KIntel $499Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	606x
GTX 1080Nvidia $399Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	289x
RTX 3080Nvidia $807Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	232x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	169x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	135x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	133x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	148x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $895

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Performance, capacity, affordable...

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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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3,196

Poor

6 years ago.

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

Pichu0102

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8

Poor

7 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

Buckshot26

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8

Good

7 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay

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8

Good

5 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

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