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Expansion Desk 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 29% (1028th of 1080)

Based on 140 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 11%Average: 29% Great: 38%

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Very poor average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 12TB averaged 71.0% 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 Read Speed 20.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 179MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 12TB is 27.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 12TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 4.74MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.55MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 140 samples)
Rank 102829%
Min Avg Max
40.2 Read 188 245
39.7 Write 179 237
34.3 Mixed 149 188
40.3 SusWrite 176 255
38.9% 173 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.5 4K Read 20.2 29.4
8.61 4K Write 11.7 15.1
1 4K Mixed 1.36 1.7
38.5% 11.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.7 DQ Read 4.74 8.68
3.33 DQ Write 10.9 18.3
0.5 DQ Mixed 1.55 2.6
2.97% 5.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
8.5TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 233 231 231 232 233 MB/s
35.4% Below average
Read 228
Write 228
Mixed 139
SusWrite 232
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 13
4K Mixed 1.6
44% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 4.9
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 1.4
3% 5.63 MB/s
9.5TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 222 214 216 222 231 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 220
Write 201
Mixed 172
SusWrite 222
46% 204 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 1.2
39% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 3.5
DQ Write 10.9
DQ Mixed 1.2
3% 5.2 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 200 196 197 198 198 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 201
Write 195
Mixed 140
SusWrite 198
41% 183 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 1.6
40% 11.5 MB/s
DQ Read 5.9
DQ Write 7.2
DQ Mixed 1.6
3% 4.9 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 151 153 161 MB/s
29.9% Poor
Read 218
Write 209
Mixed 164
SusWrite 153
42% 186 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 1.4
43% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 6.4
DQ Write 4.7
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 4.2 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 154 156 152 156 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 157
Write 162
Mixed 160
SusWrite 155
36% 159 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 9.9
4K Mixed 1.1
44% 12 MB/s
DQ Read 3.6
DQ Write 17.9
DQ Mixed 2.5
4% 8 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 119 119 119 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 111
Write 113
Mixed 142
SusWrite 118
27% 121 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 8.5
4K Mixed 1
33% 9.2 MB/s
DQ Read 2.6
DQ Write 8.9
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 4.27 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
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Motherboard: MSI H270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples128x
Core i5-7400Intel  $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples71x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples70x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples55x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples49x
SSD
Expansion Desk 12TBSeagateBench 29%, 140 samples1x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples21x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $315

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