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Seagate

Expansion HDD 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 49.3% (314th of 1015)

Based on 273 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion HDD
Poor: 17%Average: 49.3% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion HDD 5TB averaged 50.6% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.27MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion HDD 5TB is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion HDD 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 273 samples)
Rank 31449.3%
Min Avg Max
27.4 Read 77.1 112
30.3 Write 89.7 131
26.5 Mixed 57.8 80.3
30.5 SusWrite 94 132
58.6% 79.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.25 4K Read 0.88 1.66
0.63 4K Write 3.27 4.2
0.14 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
162% 1.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
500GB free
Firmware: 1901
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 116 117 119 113 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 79.1
Write 102
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 114
68% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
168% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 105 103 105 102 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 71.3
Write 88.7
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 103
62% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.6
170% 1.77 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 1901
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 40 39 MB/s
22% Poor
Read 36.3
Write 40.2
Mixed 35.2
SusWrite 39.4
28% 37.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
179% 1.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,332,621 HDDs tested

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System: Lenovo 82JH

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples1,095x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples455x
Gen Intel Core i7-11600H11thBench 79%, 538 samples101x
GPU
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples764x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples460x
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples280x
SSD
MZVL21T0HCLR-00BL2 1TBSamsungBench 363%, 10,270 samples350x
SKHynix_HFS512GDE9X084N 512GBBench 259%, 8,906 samples249x
MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL2 512GBSamsungBench 294%, 2,322 samples168x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples579x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples441x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 19,121 samples74x
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