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Seagate

Backup+ Hub BK 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 56.5% (233rd of 1014)

Based on 1,106 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Hub BK
Poor: 13%Average: 56.5% Great: 90%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB averaged 43.5% 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 Write Speed 4.31MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.61MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB is 76.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 36.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 83.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,106 samples)
Rank 23356.5%
Min Avg Max
26.6 Read 88.6 147
18.3 Write 83.8 148
15.8 Mixed 36.3 102
14.3 SusWrite 107 179
57.4% 78.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.39 4.3
0.83 4K Write 4.31 7.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.61 0.9
206% 2.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 169 171 168 170 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 136
Write 99.2
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 166
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.7
205% 2.07 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 147 153 153 153 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 116
Write 163
Mixed 108
SusWrite 152
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.7
472% 4.2 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 122 121 124 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 130
Write 92.6
Mixed 33
SusWrite 123
68% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 7.6
4K Mixed 0.7
260% 3.1 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 113 111 110 112 114 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 97.1
Write 65.1
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 109
55% 76.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.5
176% 1.97 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 110 110 114 110 112 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 94.8
Write 66.5
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 109
56% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.6
180% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 110 113 113 114 115 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 75.1
Write 111
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 110
60% 82 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.6
163% 1.6 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s
23.8% Poor
Read 54.4
Write 22.9
Mixed 20.2
SusWrite 27.6
23% 31.3 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.9
258% 1.57 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,550 HDDs tested

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Typical Backup+ Hub BK 5TB Builds (Compare 18,206 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-P - $199

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,463x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples3,155x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples2,781x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,146x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples1,079x
SSD
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples739x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples695x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples539x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples668x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples438x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples409x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $775

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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