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Seagate ST4000DX001 STCL4000400

Desktop SSHD 4TB

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 72.5% (118th of 1015)

more 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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,674 samples)
Rank 11872.5%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 175 173 175 175 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 176
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 174
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.1
376% 2.77 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 170 165 167 164 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 136
Write 168
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 167
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.2
393% 2.87 MB/s
694GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 112 112 116 118 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 80.1
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 114
63% 87 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.7
331% 2.7 MB/s
624GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 83 84 84 85 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 68.1
Write 51
Mixed 52
SusWrite 83.9
47% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.2
387% 2.8 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $169 @ launch in Aug '13
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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,960x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples220x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples190x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples779x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples364x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples298x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples213x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples174x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples164x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples192x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $44Bench 84%, 215,644 samples173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples133x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $1,079

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HDrivePro
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Performance, capacity, affordable...

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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

7 years ago.

AUS-User
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Good

7 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

7 years ago.

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

Pichu0102
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Poor

8 years ago.

Incredibly noisy.

Buckshot26
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Good

8 years ago.

i really like it

imverygay
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Good

6 years ago.

Just storing, not loading OS.

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