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Seagate

Expansion 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 45.6% (381st of 1015)

Based on 22,017 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 17%Average: 45.6% Great: 66%

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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 3.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.58MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 4TB is 49.2%. 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 69.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22,017 samples)
Rank 38145.6%
Min Avg Max
27.9 Read 69.2 102
26.5 Write 85.5 125
25.9 Mixed 61.8 80
24.7 SusWrite 88.8 131
56.3% 76.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.89 1.5
2.2 4K Write 3.63 4.6
0.3 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
169% 1.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 126 132 131 132 133 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 96.6
Write 124
Mixed 75.1
SusWrite 127
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.8
199% 1.87 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 116 120 118 119 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 98
Write 124
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 120
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
204% 1.97 MB/s
757GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 115 116 117 118 118 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 89.8
Write 126
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 106
73% 98.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.8
209% 1.93 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 106 103 106 106 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 56
Write 72.5
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 105
56% 75.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.5
151% 1.63 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 37
Write 37.9
Mixed 34
SusWrite 41
28% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.4
144% 1.43 MB/s
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Gaming 73%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $139Bench 78%, 639,295 samples3,477x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $195Bench 76%, 230,296 samples2,181x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $260Bench 81%, 453,232 samples1,950x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $247Bench 89%, 653,453 samples1,003x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 569,107 samples888x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 154%, 447,840 samples812x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples612x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $104Bench 332%, 443,394 samples515x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $59Bench 289%, 406,008 samples500x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $54Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,068x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,054x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 82%, 606,405 samples676x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $650

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