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Seagate

Expansion+ 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 48% (896th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion+
Poor: 23%Average: 48% Great: 58%

Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion+ 500GB averaged 52.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 84.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 23.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion+ 500GB is 35.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion+ 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 93.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 84.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 89648%
Min Avg Max
147 Read 224 251
74.8 Write 196 233
82.8 Mixed 196 233
75.7 SusWrite 185 234
45% 200 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.9 4K Read 19.5 23.2
18.7 4K Write 31.9 39
9.7 4K Mixed 23.1 28.6
75.9% 24.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.5 DQ Read 93.4 139
20.4 DQ Write 84.3 132
24.4 DQ Mixed 84.2 149
64.4% 87.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 244 239 223 229 224 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 234
Write 222
Mixed 222
SusWrite 233
51% 228 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 28.6
92% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 145
106% 137 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 230 224 225 224 224 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 236
Write 203
Mixed 225
SusWrite 229
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 28
90% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 90.5
DQ Mixed 83.7
66% 92.9 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 234 231 235 235 235 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 251
Write 233
Mixed 233
SusWrite 234
54% 238 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 27.3
86% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 68.2
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 69.8
58% 82.5 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 244 164 77 72 67 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 231
Write 214
Mixed 210
SusWrite 145
45% 200 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 39
4K Mixed 27.7
90% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 149
108% 140 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: 0502
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 233 234 182 138 133 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 247
Write 227
Mixed 202
SusWrite 192
49% 217 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 19.7
4K Mixed 17.3
61% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 86.8
DQ Write 20.4
DQ Mixed 33.8
30% 47 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 53 61 89 91 88 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 147
Write 74.8
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 75.7
21% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 9.9
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 9.7
37% 12.8 MB/s
DQ Read 28.5
DQ Write 22.2
DQ Mixed 24.4
18% 25 MB/s

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