Seagate

Expansion HDD 16TB

Expansion HDD 16TB
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Effective Speed -209%Effective Speed -209%Average Score -739%Read -129%, Write -110%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -612%, Mixed -118%, 4K Mixed -4,108%, SusWrite -53%Peak Score -652%Read -102%, Write -96%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -651%, Mixed -99%, 4K Mixed -3,542%, SusWrite -50%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves DQ Read -4,522%, DQ Write -1,785%, DQ Mixed -16,461%, ADQ Read -6,994%, ADQ Write -2,122%, ADQ Mixed -25,918%, Age 176%, AS-SSD Total -598%

Average Bench: 31.8% (1004^th of 1072)

Based on 107 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Expansion HDD

Poor: 11%Average: 31.8% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Expansion HDD 16TB averaged 68.1% 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 23.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion HDD 16TB is 29.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion HDD 16TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 4.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 107 samples)

Rank 100431.8%

Min	Avg	Max
38.4	Read 200	251
40.2	Write 193	247
34.3	Mixed 165	213
41.5	SusWrite 194	258
42.4% 188 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.4	4K Read 23.4	34.2
8.5	4K Write 12.3	16.3
0.1	4K Mixed 1.07	1.6
43.4% 12.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	DQ Read 4.6	7.94
7.14	DQ Write 13	19
0.2	DQ Mixed 1	2
3% 6.21 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 14 days ago.

10.5TB free

Firmware: 1801

SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 230 231 226 207 220 MB/s

37.1% Below average

Write 209

Mixed 173

SusWrite 225

46% 206 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 12.4

4K Mixed 1.5

53% 14.5 MB/s

DQ Read 8.6

DQ Write 8.6

DQ Mixed 1.9

3% 6.37 MB/s

USA-User, 17 days ago.

14.5TB free

Firmware: 1801

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 259 262 259 261 258 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 250

Mixed 214

SusWrite 260

55% 243 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 12

4K Mixed 1

38% 10.9 MB/s

DQ Read 4

DQ Write 9.8

DQ Mixed 0.4

2% 4.73 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 month ago.

11TB free

Firmware: 0003

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 225 225 227 226 227 MB/s

33.9% Below average

Write 214

Mixed 144

SusWrite 225

45% 201 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 12.1

4K Mixed 0.1

41% 11.7 MB/s

DQ Read 3.5

DQ Write 12.9

DQ Mixed 1.2

3% 5.87 MB/s

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Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 78%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	148x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	97x

SSD
Expansion HDD 16TBSeagateBench 32%, 107 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	129x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $378

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Expansion HDD 16TB

Average Bench: 31.8% (1004^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 31.8% (1004th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 31.8% (1004^th of 1072)