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Seagate

Expansion 180GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 40.9% (942nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 30%Average: 40.9% Great: 48%

Below average average bench

The Seagate Expansion 180GB averaged 59.0% 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 56.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 133MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 94240.9%
Min Avg Max
152 Read 225 264
157 Write 188 229
124 Mixed 188 234
101 SusWrite 133 150
41.1% 183 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 15 18.4
18 4K Write 27.9 38.7
9.08 4K Mixed 16 23.7
58% 19.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
68.8 DQ Read 104 141
64.4 DQ Write 104 144
7.75 DQ Mixed 56.4 102
55.5% 88.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 134 166 139 159 137 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 262
Write 229
Mixed 223
SusWrite 150
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 23.7
74% 25.9 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 100
80% 111 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: 9300
45.5% Average
Read 264
Write 214
Mixed 234
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 27.8
4K Mixed 11.1
57% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 7.75
36% 79.7 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 88 87 93 119 141 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 255
Write 169
Mixed 197
SusWrite 101
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 35.4
4K Mixed 20.4
71% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 102
88% 129 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 147 148 147 143 148 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 194
Write 171
Mixed 160
SusWrite 148
38% 168 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 19.4
4K Mixed 15.8
52% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 73.5
DQ Write 83.9
DQ Mixed 40.5
41% 66 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: 9300
29.8% Poor
Read 152
Write 157
Mixed 124
32% 144 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 9.08
37% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 68.8
DQ Write 64.4
DQ Mixed 31.4
33% 54.9 MB/s

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