LaCie Rugged USB-C 4TB

Update 2020-11-06: After full formatting. (Diskpart Clean -> Create Partition Primary -> Format FS = NTFS (NOT QUICK)) and the disk works at full speed again. This took ~ 9h to complete. h2testw reports ~ 117 MB / s Write, 129 MB / s Read. Original review below: SMR! Writes down to at least around 12-25 MB / s at shingled write with 98% drive active time. -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/ -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- * MB / s = 1,000,000 bytes / s [SATA / 600 = 600,000,000 bytes / s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes [Read] Sequential 1MiB (Q = 8, T = 1): 135.475 MB / s [129.2 IOPS] <61457.02 us> Sequential 1MiB (Q = 1, T = 1): 132,746 MB / s [126.6 IOPS] <7887.53 us> Random 4KiB (Q = 32, T = 16): 1,137 MB / s [277.6 IOPS] <545776.09 us> Random 4KiB (Q = 1, T = 1): 0.465 MB / s [113.5 IOPS] <8794.39 us> [Write] Sequential 1MiB (Q = 8, T = 1): 50.540 MB / s [48.2 IOPS] <163260.19 us> Sequential 1MiB (Q = 1, T = 1): 24.116 MB / s [23.0 IOPS] <43460.77 us> Random 4KiB (Q = 32, T = 16): 3,092 MB / s [754.9 IOPS] <332025.24 us> Random 4KiB (Q = 1, T = 1): 0.186 MB / s [45.4 IOPS] <21869.59 us> Profile: Default Test: 1 GiB (x4) [Interval: 5 sec] Date: 2020/11/01 20:10:03 OS: Windows 10 [10.0 Build 17763] (x64) ****************************** AIDA64 Disk Benchmark (Block size Auto, the selected 1 MB) Linear Read (Start): 125 MB / s Linear Read (Middle): 111 MB / s Linear Read (End): 62 MB / s Random Read: 90 MB / s Buffered Read (2 MB): 235 MB / s Average Read Access: 24 ms ****** AIDA64 Storage \ ATA: ****** Field Value ATA Device Properties Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 Device Type SATA-III UAS @ Oxford Form Factor 2.5 " LBA Sectors 7814037168 Max. MWDMA Transfer Mode MWDMA 2 Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4 Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 Model ID ST4000LM024-2AN17V Multiple Sectors 1 Parameters 7752021 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per sector Physical / Logical Sector Size 4 KB / 512 bytes Revision 0001 Rotational Speed 5526 RPM Serial Number * Unformatted Capacity 3726 GB World Wide Name * ATA Device Features 48-bit LBA Supported, Enabled Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) Not Supported Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) Supported, Enabled DMA Setup Auto-Activate Supported, Disabled Free-Fall Control Not Supported General Purpose Logging (GPL) Supported, Enabled Hardware Feature Control Not Supported Host Protected Area (HPA) Supported, Enabled HPA Security Extensions Supported, Disabled Hybrid Information Feature Not Supported In-Order Data Delivery Not Supported Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Supported NCQ Autosense Supported NCQ Priority Information Not Supported NCQ Queue Management Command Not Supported NCQ Streaming Not Supported Phy Event Counters Supported Read Look-Ahead Supported, Enabled Release Interrupt Not Supported Security Mode Supported, Disabled Sense Data Reporting (SDR) Supported, Disabled Service Interrupt Not Supported SMART Supported, Enabled SMART Error Logging Supported, Enabled SMART Self-Test Supported, Enabled Software Settings Preservation (SSP) Supported, Enabled Streaming Not Supported Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ) Not Supported Write Cache Supported, Disabled Write-Read-Verify Not Supported SSD Features Data Set Management Not Supported Deterministic Read After TRIM Not Supported TRIM Command Not Supported Power Management Features Advanced Power Management Supported, Disabled Automatic Partial to Slumber Transitions (APST) Disabled Device Initiated Interface Power Management (DIPM) Supported, Disabled Device Sleep (DEVSLP) Not Supported Extended Power Conditions (EPC) Not Supported Host Initiated Interface Power Management (HIPM) Not Supported IDLE IMMEDIATE With UNLOAD FEATURE Not Supported Link Power State Device Sleep Not Supported Power Management Supported, Enabled Power-Up In Standby (PUIS) Supported, Disabled ATA Commands DEVICE RESET Not Supported DOWNLOAD MICROCODE Supported, Enabled FLUSH CACHE Supported, Enabled FLUSH CACHE EXT Supported, Enabled NOP Not Supported READ BUFFER Supported, Enabled WRITE BUFFER Supported, Enabled Disk Device Physical Info Average Rotational Latency 5.6 ms Average Seek 14 ms Buffer Size 128 MB Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 600 MB / s Form Factor 2.5 " Formatted Capacity 4 TB Hard Disk Name Barracuda SATA 2.5 SATA-III interface Manufacturer Seagate Max. Internal Data Rate 1120 Mbit / s Max. Weight 190 g Physical Dimensions 100.35 x 69.85 x 15 mm Rotational Speed 5400 RPM Spin-Up Time 7.5 sec Device Manufacturer Company Name Seagate Technology LLC Driver Update http://www.aida64.com/goto/?p=drvupdates Product Information https://www.seagate.com