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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

▲ 60416 ▼

Release date: Q3 2013.

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Average Bench: 72.2% (119th of 1010)

more Based on 8,172 user benchmarks.  Models: ST4000DX001-1CE168, ST4000DX ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX 001-1NS164, ST4000DX 001-1CE168, ST4000DX001-1CE1, ST4000DX001-1NS164
Poor: 45%Average: 72.2% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB averaged 27.8% 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 1.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.88MB/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 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,172 samples)
Rank 11972.2%
Min Avg Max
43.4 Read 113 164
49.9 Write 113 167
22.5 Mixed 41.2 66.9
81.8 SusWrite 138 173
73.4% 101 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.1 1.4
2.72 4K Write 4.88 5.47
0.75 4K Mixed 1.85 2.4
342% 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: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 162 165 165 164 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 148
Write 89.3
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 163
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.2
389% 2.83 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 180 180 182 182 179 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 130
Write 138
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 180
85% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.8
340% 2.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 143 145 145 144 MB/s
83.1% Excellent
Read 144
Write 159
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 145
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.5
426% 2.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 171 170 171 170 169 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 68.3
Write 47.1
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 168
57% 78.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
357% 2.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 14,197,005 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $169 @ launch in Aug '13
AmazonUS $20011 months
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Typical Desktop SSHD 4TB Builds (Compare 12,222 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 122%
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Desktop
Desktop 109%
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Workstation
Workstation 116%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $205

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $260Bench 92%, 32,203 samples4,041x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $180Bench 89%, 49,030 samples2,944x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $160Bench 85%, 79,589 samples2,786x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 149%, 261,483 samples2,686x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples1,901x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples1,380x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 111,914 samples1,751x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 219%, 73,993 samples1,472x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples845x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $125Bench 94%, 72,616 samples1,013x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $190Bench 105%, 13,930 samples894x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $160Bench 90%, 45,212 samples614x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $1,498

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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

19 months ago.

AUS-User
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2,116

Good

19 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

16 months ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

Pichu0102
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Poor

2 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

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