Seagate

Expansion SW 2TB

Expansion SW 2TB
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Effective Speed -91%Effective Speed -91%Average Score -58%Read -115%, Write -61%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -84%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -71%Peak Score -22%Read -65%, Write -39%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +318% Age 318%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 46.2% (369^th of 1015)

Based on 178 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Expansion SW

Poor: 16%Average: 46.2% Great: 69%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion SW 2TB averaged 53.7% 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 0.67MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.09MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion SW 2TB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion SW 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 72.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 178 samples)

Rank 36946.2%

Min	Avg	Max
26.2	Read 72.4	121
26	Write 89.8	135
21.2	Mixed 66.1	94.6
26.4	SusWrite 88.5	132
58.5% 79.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 1.09	1.91
0.2	4K Write 1.17	2.11
0.1	4K Mixed 0.67	1.1
141% 0.97 MB/s

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z590 Pro4

CPU
Core i5-11600KIntel $227Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	322x
Core i7-11700KIntel $277Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	270x
Core i9-11900KFIntel $311Bench 104%, 8,495 samples	134x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	285x
RTX 3070Nvidia $425Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	159x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $265Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	153x

SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	120x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $80Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $38Bench 179%, 78,255 samples	65x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GBCorsairBench 98%, 18,141 samples	91x
Skill Intl F4-3600C18-8GVK 2x8GBGBench 96%, 3,505 samples	84x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $558

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $32
Intel Core i5-12400F $148	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $93	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $265	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 46.2% (369^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 46.2% (369th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 46.2% (369^th of 1015)