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Seagate

Expansion+ 4TB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 48.5% (327th of 1015)

Based on 2,051 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion+
Poor: 16%Average: 48.5% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion+ 4TB averaged 51.5% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.54MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion+ 4TB is 51.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion+ 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 75MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,051 samples)
Rank 32748.5%
Min Avg Max
28.4 Read 75 107
23.6 Write 89.7 128
26.7 Mixed 61.5 76.2
20.6 SusWrite 92.9 133
58.8% 79.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.87 1.2
2.4 4K Write 3.54 4.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.59 0.8
167% 1.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 128 129 127 130 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 95.8
Write 110
Mixed 73.9
SusWrite 129
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.8
205% 1.93 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 119 122 122 118 124 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 96.3
Write 96.4
Mixed 68
SusWrite 117
70% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.6
177% 1.77 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 114 115 114 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 90.2
Write 113
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 115
72% 97.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.7
184% 1.93 MB/s
897GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 115 112 116 113 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 85.3
Write 108
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 112
70% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.6
169% 1.63 MB/s
664GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 79 82 65 64 63 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 27.7
Write 68.6
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 74.8
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.3
84% 0.93 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 36 34 35 33 MB/s
16.5% Very poor
Read 21.9
Write 45
Mixed 47.6
SusWrite 34.7
28% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.3
107% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,939,692 HDDs tested

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Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) - $199

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $126Bench 96%, 383,420 samples2,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples2,118x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $140Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,117x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,030x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples764x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples750x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples746x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 385%, 327,441 samples557x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples492x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples441x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples274x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples263x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $880

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