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Seagate (ExtHD)

Expansion Desk 10TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 67.6% (8th of 639)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0bc2 PID 3322 Model: Seagate Expansion Desk
Poor: 25%Average: 67.6% Great: 94%

Above average average bench

The Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB averaged 32.4% 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 4.36MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 149MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB is 68.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 167MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.38MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 867.6%
Min Avg Max
32.2 Read 167 230
29.5 Write 149 217
30 Mixed 98.4 148
29.5 SusWrite 120 216
175% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 16.4 26.5
1.3 4K Write 4.36 5.3
0.9 4K Mixed 1.38 2.2
256% 7.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 215 220 223 220 209 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 217
Write 200
Mixed 148
SusWrite 216
262% 195 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.7
330% 11.1 MB/s
7.5TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 198 203 207 201 204 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 210
Write 192
Mixed 144
SusWrite 197
249% 186 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.4
294% 8.7 MB/s
5TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 205 204 206 207 206 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 166
Write 188
Mixed 123
SusWrite 204
234% 170 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.7
297% 8.47 MB/s
9TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 187 191 201 206 212 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 189
Write 142
Mixed 132
SusWrite 193
219% 164 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.2
261% 7.37 MB/s
7TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 119 123 123 125 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 222
Write 208
Mixed 114
SusWrite 115
212% 165 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 2.2
336% 9.8 MB/s
4TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 103 117 95 126 128 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 180
Write 143
Mixed 107
SusWrite 114
176% 136 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
299% 7.57 MB/s
799GB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 120 126 126 124 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 162
Write 157
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 124
176% 133 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.1
228% 7.4 MB/s
2.5TB free, PID 3322
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 126 135 145 144 140 MB/s
64.1% Good
Read 142
Write 149
Mixed 98.5
SusWrite 137
178% 132 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 6 MB/s
4.5TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 82 81 81 93 95 MB/s
47.5% Average
Read 117
Write 124
Mixed 64
SusWrite 82.2
128% 97 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.1
182% 3.3 MB/s
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