Brand new Seagate 4T - is this normal?

[klaus2]

Are these values normal? Thanks a lot for any reply.

 

[seagate_surfer]

klaus2, download Seatools and it will let you know the health of your drive. This because we don't publish drive attributes and thresholds as a matter of policy, 3rd party utility results need to be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[klaus2]

Seatools says drive is healthy but doesn't measure speed. I notice sometimes it takes 4 to 8 seconds to open a very small text file, when first browsing a directory. Then (after directory is open) lag disappears. (I used it as storage)

Is that Smart Read Rate normal for a drive that has only 80 hours?

 

[seagate_surfer]

klaus2, the drive appears to be a ST4000DM000 and here is the spec sheet of it. It lists an average data transfer rate of 146MB/s and max sustained of 180 MB/s, therefore, the 149.3 and 139.7 MB/s is pretty much consistent with that as this is a 5900 RPM drive.

 

[klaus2]

Thanks seagate_surfer. It's the very low values for the random not sequential read and write test that worries me. But if you say it's fine, for me it's ok, as it's used as storage. What I really want is for it not to fail! That's why I bought that model, after checking Backblaze's reports.

 

[klaus2]

@seagate_surger Now I am starting to get worried. Today the disk didn't boot, and kept doing a mechanical repetitive noise. Then I changed SATA port and it worked. I just hope it was due to not enough power on that port?! What should I do next? Return it to Amazon?

 

[seagate_surfer]

klaus2, if you just got it, I presume you are still in the return window with Amazon; so use if this weekend and see how it behaves and based on that we will see what would be the next best step. Just in case, here is the support link for the HDD.