Seagate

Expansion Desk 1TB

Expansion Desk 1TB
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -39%Read -48%, Write -60%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite -52%Peak Score -2%Read -3%, Write -14%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 23%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -20%, Market Share -30,400%Nice To Haves -0%Age -0%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 58.6% (200^th of 1015)

Based on 429 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Expansion Desk

Poor: 16%Average: 58.6% Great: 108%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB averaged 41.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.77MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.89MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB is 91.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 90.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 429 samples)

Rank 20058.6%

Min	Avg	Max
29.9	Read 105	194
23.6	Write 90.3	165
22.5	Mixed 64.8	121
21.8	SusWrite 99.6	189
66.1% 89.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.81	1.2
0.6	4K Write 1.89	2.9
0.23	4K Mixed 0.77	1.1
154% 1.16 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BRA-User, 14 days ago.

154GB free

Firmware: 9401

SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 12 11 11 20 MB/s

47.2% Average

Write 10.2

Mixed 15.7

SusWrite 12.7

34% 47.4 MB/s

4K Read 3.3

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

138% 1.1 MB/s

ZAF-User, 4 days ago.

880GB free

Firmware: 0711

SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s

29.5% Poor

Write 26.3

Mixed 37

SusWrite 39.3

31% 41.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.8

159% 1.07 MB/s

CAN-User, 16 days ago.

730GB free

Firmware: 0739

SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s

21.4% Poor

Write 40

Mixed 31.8

SusWrite 40.6

27% 36.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.9

180% 1.23 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3647

CPU
Core i5-4460SIntelBench 66%, 10,941 samples	141x
Core i3-4150Intel $72Bench 55%, 36,627 samples	99x
Core i3-4130Intel $58Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	202x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	158x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	97x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	17x
A400 120GBKingston $16Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	17x

RAM
SH564128FH8N6TNSQG 1x4GBSmartBench 29%, 869 samples	33x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 7,467 samples	30x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x

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Value: 30% - Poor

Total price: $18

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $410	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $164	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Expansion Desk 1TB

Average Bench: 58.6% (200^th of 1015)

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Expansion Desk 1TB

Average Bench: 58.6% (200th of 1015)

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Terrible consistency

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System: Dell Inspiron 3647

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Average Bench: 58.6% (200^th of 1015)