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Seagate (ExtHD)

Expansion 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 12.2% (388th of 639)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0bc2 PID 2321 Model: Seagate Expansion
Poor: 11%Average: 12.2% Great: 13%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate Expansion 160GB averaged 87.7% 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 Write Speed 0.64MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 25.9MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion 160GB is just 2.07%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion 160GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.45MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 31MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 38812.2%
Min Avg Max
27.2 Read 31 41.5
22.7 Write 25.9 37.1
6.75 Mixed 14.2 24.6
28.3% 23.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.38 4K Read 0.45 0.5
0.58 4K Write 0.64 0.79
0.23 4K Mixed 0.26 0.29
32.5% 0.45 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
128GB free, PID 2321
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
12.9% Very poor
Read 31.9
Write 26.2
Mixed 10.5
27% 22.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 0.79
4K Mixed 0.27
38% 0.51 MB/s
127GB free, PID 2321
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
12.4% Very poor
Read 31.6
Write 26.1
Mixed 6.75
25% 21.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.66
4K Mixed 0.23
32% 0.42 MB/s
127GB free, PID 2321
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
12.1% Very poor
Read 31.1
Write 26.2
Mixed 20
32% 25.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 0.59
4K Mixed 0.28
31% 0.45 MB/s
127GB free, PID 2321
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
10.9% Very poor
Read 27.5
Write 22.7
Mixed 10.1
24% 20.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.62
4K Mixed 0.23
30% 0.41 MB/s
127GB free, PID 2321
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
10.8% Very poor
Read 27.2
Write 22.8
Mixed 14.1
26% 21.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.58
4K Mixed 0.24
29% 0.4 MB/s
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System: Dell Precision M6600

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Core i7-2720QMIntel  $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples109x
Core i7-2860QMIntel  $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples102x
Core i7-2760QMIntel  $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples84x
GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples237x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples91x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples88x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples11x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples8x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 45%, 359 samples15x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GBHynixBench 45%, 20 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $113

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