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Seagate

Expansion 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 42.7% (446th of 1014)

Based on 4,842 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 14%Average: 42.7% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 1.5TB averaged 57.2% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.28MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 1.5TB is 51.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 69.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,842 samples)
Rank 44642.7%
Min Avg Max
25.8 Read 69.1 112
19.4 Write 74.9 128
23.1 Mixed 60.4 98
18.6 SusWrite 79.3 125
52.4% 70.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.91 1.8
0.3 4K Write 2.28 4.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.65 1.1
153% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
979GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 123 120 121 120 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 108
Write 126
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 121
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.5
170% 1.57 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 114 104 105 108 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 135
Mixed 69
SusWrite 107
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.8
219% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 112 104 104 109 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 80.4
Write 122
Mixed 98
SusWrite 106
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
180% 1.67 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 82 81 79 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 87.4
Write 100
Mixed 86.6
SusWrite 79.2
66% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
132% 1.13 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: 0707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 65 61 70 65 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 48.7
Write 90.4
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 64.2
55% 73.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.5
143% 1.4 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 37 MB/s
20.7% Poor
Read 33.7
Write 35.6
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 37.3
24% 32.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.2
163% 1.4 MB/s
576GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 51 55 51 51 MB/s
19.4% Very poor
Read 15
Write 35
Mixed 19.1
SusWrite 52.6
22% 30.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
46% 0.37 MB/s
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Gaming 98%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,847x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,437x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,114x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples523x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples751x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $544

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