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Seagate

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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

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%
926GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 128 118 89 102 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 113
Write 124
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 115
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 1.6 MB/s
756GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 120 114 118 118 MB/s
64.1% Good
Read 105
Write 104
Mixed 89.3
SusWrite 118
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.7
209% 1.93 MB/s
582GB free
Firmware: 1805
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 96 96 94 97 97 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 97.9
Write 65.8
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 94.3
57% 78.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: 0707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 60 61 62 62 65 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 76.6
Write 131
Mixed 88
SusWrite 62.5
67% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.4
174% 1.77 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 75 76 76 72 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 50.5
Write 75.5
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 75.3
52% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.5
126% 1.27 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 50.7
Write 39.9
Mixed 30.2
SusWrite 40.6
30% 40.3 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
243% 1.67 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,731,513 HDDs tested

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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  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,144x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $184Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,252x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,044x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,542x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,356x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,350x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples911x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples804x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples702x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,596x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples971x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $502

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