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Seagate

Expansion 4TB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

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Average Bench: 45.8% (396th of 1015)

Based on 3,298 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 14%Average: 45.8% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 4TB averaged 54.2% 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 Write Speed 3.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.57MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 4TB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,298 samples)
Rank 39645.8%
Min Avg Max
24.9 Read 70.7 110
19.7 Write 84.1 127
23.3 Mixed 61.9 83.8
17.3 SusWrite 87.7 132
56.2% 76.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.01 2.2
1.82 4K Write 3.69 4.9
0.3 4K Mixed 0.57 0.8
174% 1.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 126 130 128 129 131 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 110
Write 97.8
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 126
73% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
176% 1.8 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 123 122 125 125 125 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 89.1
Write 72.9
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 120
67% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.7
174% 1.67 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 95 95 95 94 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 85.2
Write 90
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 93.3
65% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.5
192% 2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 107 109 105 102 107 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 73.2
Write 90.2
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 105
64% 86 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
174% 1.77 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 127 127 126 125 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 50.7
Write 74.1
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 127
57% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.4
145% 1.7 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 34 37 37 MB/s
21.1% Poor
Read 36.3
Write 32.8
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 35.9
26% 34.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.4
173% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 33 31 32 32 MB/s
16.7% Very poor
Read 26
Write 28.1
Mixed 25.7
SusWrite 31.3
21% 27.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.2 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 37%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $352Bench 63%, 69,203 samples1,890x
Core i7-3770Intel  $340Bench 70%, 112,692 samples1,874x
Core i5-2400Intel  $138Bench 61%, 64,019 samples1,417x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $140Bench 38%, 376,790 samples1,624x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 66,977 samples1,430x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,049 samples1,113x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples932x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples602x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 53%, 176,655 samples572x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 233,012 samples1,728x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 104,221 samples1,236x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 74,780 samples551x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $562

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $139Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
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