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Seagate

Expansion 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 47.5% (347th of 1015)

Based on 1,462 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 20%Average: 47.5% Great: 71%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 2TB averaged 52.5% 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 Read Speed 1.56MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.31MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 2TB is 50.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,462 samples)
Rank 34747.5%
Min Avg Max
27 Read 77 124
24.3 Write 84 128
25.1 Mixed 67.5 91.2
31.7 SusWrite 87.7 127
58.4% 79 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.56 4K Read 1.56 2.64
0.3 4K Write 2.31 3.4
0.1 4K Mixed 0.35 0.8
147% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 121 124 125 121 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 122
Write 107
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 124
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
216% 1.63 MB/s
732GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 130 130 129 130 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 106
Write 128
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 129
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.2
167% 1.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 104 103 104 113 124 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 79
Write 112
Mixed 86.6
SusWrite 113
72% 97.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.2
149% 1.6 MB/s
511GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 98 98 98 99 99 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 126
Mixed 82
SusWrite 97.2
73% 98.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.2
142% 1.6 MB/s
403GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 27 34 26 26 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 55.5
Write 21.2
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 28.1
25% 33.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.8 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 40 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 36.4
Write 38.5
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 40.5
29% 38.4 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
335% 2.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s
20.7% Poor
Read 34.1
Write 35.3
Mixed 33
SusWrite 37.2
26% 34.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 39%
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System: Acer Nitro N50-610

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples2,240x
Core i5-10400Intel  $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples504x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples454x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples1,356x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples829x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples226x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 168%, 18,999 samples457x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 169%, 12,303 samples361x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 256GBKingstonBench 100%, 13,793 samples167x
RAM
M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 6,043 samples195x
ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 12GBKingstonBench 56%, 475 samples194x
ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,446 samples162x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $254

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