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Seagate

Expansion Desk 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 58.6% (201st of 1014)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 429 samples)
Rank 20158.6%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 202 199 197 198 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 125
Mixed 81
SusWrite 197
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
579GB free
Firmware: 0711
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 173 171 173 173 173 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 122
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 170
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.93 MB/s
129GB free
Firmware: 0604
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 82 86 91 86 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 148
Write 128
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 85.7
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: 0739
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 51.5
Write 36
Mixed 33.4
SusWrite 40.4
30% 40.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.2 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: 0911
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 22 22 23 32 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 49.8
Write 39.5
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 23.9
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,311,147 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3647

CPU
Core i5-4460SIntelBench 66%, 10,941 samples216x
Core i3-4150Intel  $42Bench 55%, 36,627 samples147x
Core i3-4130Intel  $42Bench 52%, 49,509 samples87x
GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples298x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples258x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples130x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples50x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples27x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples22x
RAM
SH564128FH8N6TNSQG 1x4GBSmartBench 29%, 869 samples42x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples42x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 7,467 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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