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Seagate

Expansion 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 45.6% (382nd 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

Average Bench

(Based on 22,017 samples)
Rank 38245.6%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 118 120 118 126 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 103
Write 99.3
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 122
73% 98.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
166% 1.7 MB/s
313GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 123 123 124 122 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 102
Write 93.7
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 122
73% 99.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
192% 1.87 MB/s
809GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 112 115 115 119 118 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 103
Write 120
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 110
73% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.7
198% 1.93 MB/s
513GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 122 120 121 120 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 83.9
Write 109
Mixed 64
SusWrite 120
69% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.6
169% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 100 103 105 103 103 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 85.2
Write 114
Mixed 67.4
SusWrite 100
68% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
201% 2 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 94 101 98 98 100 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 80.3
Write 97.6
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 95.4
63% 85.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
157% 1.67 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,958,094 HDDs tested

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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,220x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,295x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $137Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,091x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,564x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,380x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,371x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $77Bench 105%, 762,998 samples924x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples818x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples713x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,581x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples983x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $497

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