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BUP Mac SL 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 49.1% (315th of 1015)

Based on 107 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Mac SL
Poor: 17%Average: 49.1% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB averaged 50.8% 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 4.21MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB is 50.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 107 samples)
Rank 31549.1%
Min Avg Max
26.7 Read 77.7 122
25.5 Write 89.7 125
24.9 Mixed 63.9 95.9
33.7 SusWrite 94.4 130
60.1% 81.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 1.28 2.5
3.02 4K Write 4.21 5.98
0.28 4K Mixed 0.55 0.9
193% 2.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 111 107 110 111 108 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 96.6
Write 98.4
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 108
68% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.6
180% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 113 114 115 111 115 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 87.1
Write 92.7
Mixed 61.5
SusWrite 112
65% 88.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.5
135% 1.43 MB/s
278GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 102 101 103 94 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 76.7
Write 85.4
Mixed 77
SusWrite 98.4
63% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
216% 2.13 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 68 67 66 68 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 53
Write 61
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 66.6
46% 62.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.2
203% 2.37 MB/s
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Typical BUP Mac SL 4TB Builds (Compare 707 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 100%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z390M-ITX/ac - $230

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples169x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples123x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples77x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples75x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples57x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples51x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples37x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples35x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples55x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $675

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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