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Expansion Desk 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 13.7% (1067th of 1072)

Based on 1,997 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 9%Average: 13.7% Great: 18%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB averaged 86.3% 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. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 102MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB is just 8.28%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.08MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.58MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,997 samples)
Rank 106713.7%
Min Avg Max
49.3 Read 97 150
40 Write 102 150
41.7 Mixed 75.8 86.1
75.4 SusWrite 126 171
22.6% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.61 1.1
8.1 4K Write 9.23 10.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.73 1
6.77% 3.52 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 DQ Read 1.08 1.3
2.6 DQ Write 6.27 8.6
0.62 DQ Mixed 1.58 2.2
1.83% 2.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
291GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 163 161 161 163 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 143
Write 116
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 160
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 8.1
4K Mixed 0.9
8% 3.47 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 1.6
DQ Mixed 1.6
1% 1.47 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0604
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 158 156 159 156 MB/s
16.6% Very poor
Read 116
Write 144
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 157
28% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 1
8% 3.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 7
DQ Mixed 1.8
2% 3.4 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 140 144 147 145 149 MB/s
14.3% Very poor
Read 100
Write 136
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 131
25% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 0.9
7% 3.67 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 6.8
DQ Mixed 2.3
2% 3.4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0604
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 137 137 137 141 136 MB/s
13.7% Very poor
Read 103
Write 110
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 123
24% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.53 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.4
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 2.93 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0739
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 117 115 108 106 109 MB/s
12.6% Very poor
Read 98.5
Write 87.7
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 109
21% 94.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 0.7
6% 3.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.5
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 2.93 MB/s
737GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 110 107 108 110 107 MB/s
11.9% Very poor
Read 80.7
Write 80.4
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 106
20% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.9
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 3.2 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 112 106 108 107 107 MB/s
10.9% Very poor
Read 55.9
Write 123
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 105
21% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 0.8
7% 3.93 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.4
DQ Mixed 1.6
2% 3.07 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 110 104 105 104 MB/s
10.5% Very poor
Read 46.7
Write 109
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 106
19% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 0.6
7% 3.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.2
DQ Mixed 1.6
2% 3 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples2,686x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples1,733x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples206x
GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia  $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples321x
SSD
Expansion Desk 5TBSeagateBench 14%, 1,997 samples1x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples147x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $195

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