Seagate

Expansion 240GB

Expansion 240GB
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Effective Speed -97%Effective Speed -97%Average Score -88%Read -36%, Write -42%, 4K Read -96%, 4K Write -183%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -163%, SusWrite -59%Peak Score -72%Read -25%, Write -24%, 4K Read -78%, 4K Write -214%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -135%DQ Read -110%, DQ Write -111%, DQ Mixed -128%, ADQ Read -161%, ADQ Write -158%, ADQ Mixed -306%, Age -4%, AS-SSD Total -100%

Average Bench: 50% (886^th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Expansion

Poor: 39%Average: 50% Great: 61%

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The Seagate Expansion 240GB averaged 49.9% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 64.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 240GB is 21.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 187MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 125MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)

Rank 88650%

Min	Avg	Max
233	Read 336	406
134	Write 285	391
61.1	Mixed 257	362
42.7	SusWrite 187	346
59.7% 266 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.9	4K Read 17.5	24.1
18.2	4K Write 31	39
0.9	4K Mixed 17.1	24.7
64.9% 21.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
65.2	DQ Read 125	175
42.5	DQ Write 112	170
1.2	DQ Mixed 64.1	145
63% 100 MB/s

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SWE-User, 5 months ago.

59GB free

Firmware: 1901

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 215 222 256 264 MB/s

53% Above average

Write 240

Mixed 243

SusWrite 226

57% 252 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 30.1

4K Mixed 22.4

73% 23.7 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 90.5

DQ Mixed 98.8

75% 101 MB/s

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390M-PLUS

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	356x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	354x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	182x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	100x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	91x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	78x

SSD
Expansion 240GBSeagateBench 50%, 31 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	36x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $519

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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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