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Seagate

M3 Portable 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 42.6% (450th of 1015)

Based on 5,513 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate M3 Portable
Poor: 14%Average: 42.6% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate M3 Portable 4TB averaged 57.3% 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 3.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate M3 Portable 4TB is 51.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate M3 Portable 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 65.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,513 samples)
Rank 45042.6%
Min Avg Max
25.3 Read 65.3 104
20.4 Write 77.3 124
23.3 Mixed 57.3 76.5
17.1 SusWrite 82.3 129
52.1% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.84 1.4
2 4K Write 3.52 4.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
161% 1.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
228GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 126 129 131 130 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 95.3
Write 92.7
Mixed 70.3
SusWrite 129
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.6
174% 1.8 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 100 91 100 109 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 50.1
Write 74.6
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 102
55% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
153% 1.63 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 81 89 89 92 94 MB/s
43.7% Average
Read 65.8
Write 79.1
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 85.4
55% 74 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
162% 1.67 MB/s
415GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 79 77 77 74 MB/s
42% Average
Read 69.8
Write 82.1
Mixed 68.8
SusWrite 75.8
55% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.6
150% 1.33 MB/s
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Typical M3 Portable 4TB Builds (Compare 16,464 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $95

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,693x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,082x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples980x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples668x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples419x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples346x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $418

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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