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Seagate

Desktop 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 42.5% (453rd of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Desktop
Poor: 19%Average: 42.5% Great: 79%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Desktop 1TB averaged 57.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.71MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop 1TB is 60%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 69.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 45342.5%
Min Avg Max
27 Read 75.7 164
15 Write 69.3 137
19.7 Mixed 53.7 87.5
15.8 SusWrite 90 145
53.2% 72.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.71 1.2
0.5 4K Write 1.56 3.1
0.22 4K Mixed 0.66 1.2
132% 0.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
72GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 131 131 129 132 MB/s
84.5% Excellent
Read 164
Write 137
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 131
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
792GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 130 128 127 130 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 122
Write 130
Mixed 61
SusWrite 129
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
306GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 107 106 107 106 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 126
Write 111
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 106
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 114 111 111 114 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 109
Write 64.6
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 112
64% 86.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.43 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 87 86 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 121
Write 124
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 86.2
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.53 MB/s
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Gaming 31%
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Desktop 69%
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Workstation 26%
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System: Asus FX503VM

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples206x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples195x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples400x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1x
SSD
SD8SN8U128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 7,802 samples67x
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples46x
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 70%, 39,780 samples44x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples77x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples65x
76.D305G.D390B 1x16GBUnknownBench 41%, 6,956 samples24x
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