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Seagate

Expansion Desk 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 31.5% (686th of 1015)

Based on 38 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 16%Average: 31.5% Great: 50%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 320GB averaged 68.5% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.46MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 320GB is 33.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 48.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)
Rank 68631.5%
Min Avg Max
21.6 Read 57.7 109
14.7 Write 48.1 98.8
8 Mixed 39.2 72.9
22.2 SusWrite 52.2 119
36.4% 49.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.21 4K Read 0.59 1.1
0 4K Write 1.46 2.3
0.1 4K Mixed 0.62 1.1
120% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
298GB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 101 98 101 101 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 82.3
Write 99.9
Mixed 59
SusWrite 98.8
62% 85 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 1 MB/s
290GB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 39 40 39 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 109
Write 14.7
Mixed 33.7
SusWrite 39.4
36% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 0.93 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 35 34 35 35 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 87.5
Write 33.2
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 34.3
35% 47.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.47 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 29 28 29 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 77.8
Write 28.4
Mixed 26.1
SusWrite 28.2
29% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
57% 0.4 MB/s
229GB free
Firmware: 0711
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 38 MB/s
22.5% Poor
Read 37.2
Write 39.5
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 40.6
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.2 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 23 23 23 MB/s
16% Very poor
Read 33.3
Write 21
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 22.2
19% 25 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,343,785 HDDs tested

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Typical Expansion Desk 320GB Builds (Compare 1,934 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Dell Inspiron 3521

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples654x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples340x
Core i3-3227UIntelBench 45%, 7,282 samples304x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples1,519x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples268x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples105x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples46x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples45x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples28x
RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples139x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 19,285 samples99x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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