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Seagate

Expansion HDD 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 32.1% (1002nd of 1072)

Based on 98 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion HDD
Poor: 21%Average: 32.1% Great: 40%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Expansion HDD 12TB averaged 67.9% 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. Sequential Write Speed 199MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion HDD 12TB is just 18.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion HDD 12TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.07MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 4.75MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 98 samples)
Rank 100232.1%
Min Avg Max
53.6 Read 206 255
39.7 Write 199 252
36.9 Mixed 163 209
41.3 SusWrite 194 261
42.9% 190 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.2 4K Read 23.4 33.7
8.69 4K Write 12.1 16
0.1 4K Mixed 1.08 1.6
43.3% 12.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 DQ Read 4.75 9.31
7.07 DQ Write 12.8 18.8
0.2 DQ Mixed 1.07 2.4
3.03% 6.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 1801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 175 181 175 175 184 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 170
Write 188
Mixed 182
SusWrite 176
40% 179 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 14.5
4K Mixed 0.8
43% 12.6 MB/s
DQ Read 4
DQ Write 18
DQ Mixed 0.5
3% 7.5 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 155 152 154 153 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 150
Write 149
Mixed 118
SusWrite 153
32% 143 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 0.3
26% 7.87 MB/s
DQ Read 2.8
DQ Write 11.2
DQ Mixed 1.8
3% 5.27 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 1801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 21 21 21 MB/s
10.2% Very poor
Read 40
Write 40.2
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 20.5
8% 34.3 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 1
26% 7.63 MB/s
DQ Read 5.7
DQ Write 7.4
DQ Mixed 0.1
2% 4.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,773,780 SSDs tested

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Gaming 113%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $450

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples2,250x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples1,816x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples700x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples577x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples534x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples461x
SSD
Expansion HDD 12TBSeagateBench 32%, 98 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples289x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples275x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples216x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $1,050

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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