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Seagate

Expansion 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 41.7% (469th of 1015)

Based on 60,540 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 16%Average: 41.7% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 1TB averaged 58.3% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.92MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 1TB is 49.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 66.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 60,540 samples)
Rank 46941.7%
Min Avg Max
27.3 Read 66.8 110
22.1 Write 73.6 130
22.6 Mixed 59.6 96.4
20.4 SusWrite 77.9 127
51.4% 69.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.92 2
0.3 4K Write 2.01 3.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.9
145% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
665GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 101 103 104 100 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 83.1
Write 92
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 102
66% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 59 76 85 85 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 93.2
Write 111
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 75.7
66% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
181% 1.47 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 84 84 82 87 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 55.5
Write 72.5
Mixed 70
SusWrite 84.6
52% 70.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.83 MB/s
556GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 74 76 69 MB/s
37.7% Below average
Read 57
Write 74.1
Mixed 92.9
SusWrite 73.9
56% 74.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.07 MB/s
178GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 74 78 76 78 73 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 52.3
Write 69
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 68.3
52% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.5
203% 1.9 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 36 41 41 MB/s
22.5% Poor
Read 37.7
Write 39
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 39.8
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.4
136% 1.2 MB/s
840GB free
Firmware: 0707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 40 39 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 34.3
Write 38.8
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 39.5
28% 37 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
209% 1.6 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,020x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,184x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,953x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,512x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,317x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,306x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples891x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples687x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,561x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples962x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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