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Seagate

Expansion SW 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 64.7% (163rd of 1015)

Based on 253 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion SW
Poor: 18%Average: 64.7% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Expansion SW 8TB averaged 35.3% 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 Read Speed 3.91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.76MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion SW 8TB is 76.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion SW 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 97.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 253 samples)
Rank 16364.7%
Min Avg Max
31 Read 97.5 151
29.1 Write 118 174
24.9 Mixed 76.3 135
20.9 SusWrite 126 182
76.9% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 3.91 7.03
0.97 4K Write 4.27 6.73
0.5 4K Mixed 0.76 1
326% 2.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 1801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 170 167 176 171 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 132
Write 156
Mixed 114
SusWrite 169
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.9
392% 3.47 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 145 141 144 132 145 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 107
Write 107
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 135
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.6
213% 2.13 MB/s
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Asrock B560M-C

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 37,740 samples1,336x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $80Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,095x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples448x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples959x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples588x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $150Bench 43%, 259,091 samples446x
SSD
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples414x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $70Bench 204%, 97,624 samples401x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples326x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 91%, 47,229 samples413x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples402x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $282

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