Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the USB flash drive Ultra Compact with 2TB (STMX2000400) from the brand Seagate.

Performance score 
1156
Price/GB
0.14 $
Read
1,000 MB/s
 Write
1,000 MB/s
Connector
USB Typ C
Interface
USB 3.2 2x1
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image Ultra Compact
Manufacturer Seagate  
Model number STMX2000400
Capacity 2048 GB (1863 GiB)
pSLC cache 80 GB approx.
Read speed 1000 MB/s
Write speed 1000 MB/s
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gbit/s)
Connector USB Typ C
Controller n/a

Product
Score
Price
  Current price
~ 287 $
(= 0.14 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
100 %
Write speed
100 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the 2048 GB Seagate USB flash drive through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 1 GB file. A total score of 1156 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
975.91 MB/s
955.52 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
42.28 MB/s
90.66 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
271.45 MB/s
332.89 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.079 ms
0.038 ms
Score
411
519
Total score 
1156

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 25 February 2025 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
615.73 MB/s
1.74 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
91.63 MB/s
15.36 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
276.05 MB/s
5.00 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer specs: 1000 MB/s and 1000 MB/s) the Seagate USB flash drive is measured.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,050.35
1,024.13
SEQ1M
Q1T1
819.33
980.90
RND4K
Q32T16
298.16
400.58
RND4K
Q1T1
38.84
99.38

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,001.70
976.70
SEQ1M
Q1T1
781.40
935.50
RND4K
Q32T16
72,792.70
97,798.80
RND4K
Q1T1
9,482.70
24,262.20

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7,977.18
8,172.00
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1,279.43
1,068.43
RND4K
Q32T16
7,023.10
5,229.42
RND4K
Q1T1
105.26
41.10

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see at what point the cache (if present) becomes full and write performance drops. A test file of 300 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 80 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 915 MB/s and written at 524 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 1 GB file to the 2048 GB Seagate USB flash drive. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the 2048 GB Seagate USB flash drive multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the 2048 GB Seagate USB flash drive here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB USB flash drive

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