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Expansion Desk 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 39.4% (43rd of 639)

Based on 564 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0bc2 PID 3320 Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 12%Average: 39.4% Great: 71%

Poor average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB averaged 60.6% 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 Write Speed 38.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.5MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB is 59.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.59MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 564 samples)
Rank 4339.4%
Min Avg Max
27.8 Read 95.8 184
22.9 Write 89.7 169
13.2 Mixed 60.9 118
22.7 SusWrite 98.9 191
116% 86.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.77 1.1
0.7 4K Write 1.36 2.4
0.15 4K Mixed 0.59 0.9
69.2% 0.91 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 DQ Read 21 21
38.1 DQ Write 38.1 38.1
26.5 DQ Mixed 26.5 26.5
2,275% 28.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 141 149 201 201 199 MB/s
71.1% Very good
Read 186
Write 166
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 182
206% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
78% 1.03 MB/s
513GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 168 167 169 168 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 175
Write 139
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 168
186% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1
82% 1.1 MB/s
546GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 167 158 163 164 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 173
Write 123
Mixed 86
SusWrite 158
176% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
85% 1.07 MB/s
931GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 133 136 135 130 139 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 123
Write 86.8
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 132
140% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
99% 1.53 MB/s
30GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 158 158 153 152 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 100
Write 97.4
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 154
152% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
68% 0.93 MB/s
773GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 132 129 127 128 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 132
Write 131
Mixed 70
SusWrite 128
154% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
67% 0.87 MB/s
146GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 82 83 82 81 MB/s
32.2% Below average
Read 78.8
Write 85.4
Mixed 62.9
SusWrite 83.1
106% 77.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
54% 0.73 MB/s
9GB free, PID 3320
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 62.3
Write 21.7
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 34.1
45% 36.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.8
60% 1.6 MB/s
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