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Seagate

Expansion 4TB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 45.5% (401st of 1015)

Based on 6,277 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 15%Average: 45.5% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 4TB averaged 54.4% 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 3.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.58MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 4TB is 52%. 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 60MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,277 samples)
Rank 40145.5%
Min Avg Max
25.5 Read 70.4 107
20.7 Write 83 127
22.3 Mixed 60 82.2
19.3 SusWrite 87.1 132
55.5% 75.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.95 2
1.49 4K Write 3.67 4.8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
172% 1.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 137 137 137 137 136 MB/s
69.1% Good
Read 108
Write 111
Mixed 59
SusWrite 132
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.7
194% 1.87 MB/s
331GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 69 73 74 77 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 62.5
Write 89.5
Mixed 70.8
SusWrite 73.7
55% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
168% 1.73 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 65 65 65 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 60.5
Write 80.7
Mixed 73
SusWrite 65.2
52% 69.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.53 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 50.8
Write 67.3
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 57
47% 63.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.8
219% 2.07 MB/s
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Typical Expansion 4TB Builds (Compare 20,389 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 115%
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Desktop
Desktop 136%
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Workstation
Workstation 113%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $234

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $384Bench 99%, 128,185 samples5,471x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $490Bench 99%, 141,688 samples5,396x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples3,034x
GPU
RTX 2080Nvidia  $700Bench 123%, 125,388 samples3,265x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,100Bench 168%, 95,290 samples2,594x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 163,508 samples2,272x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $88Bench 273%, 134,027 samples1,789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 291%, 80,098 samples1,527x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 302%, 64,059 samples1,362x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $95Bench 86%, 101,976 samples1,530x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples1,135x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 86%, 51,379 samples1,078x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $1,501

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-9400F $155Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $384Nvidia RTX 2060 $340Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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