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Seagate

BUP Slim BK 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 37.9% (540th of 1015)

Based on 634 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Slim BK
Poor: 15%Average: 37.9% Great: 62%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate BUP Slim BK 500GB averaged 62.0% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.46MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Slim BK 500GB is 46.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Slim BK 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 634 samples)
Rank 54037.9%
Min Avg Max
26.4 Read 66.5 110
24.5 Write 63.1 104
21 Mixed 41.2 79.9
25.1 SusWrite 66.2 109
43.5% 59.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.29 4K Read 0.46 0.5
0.4 4K Write 0.7 0.9
0.15 4K Mixed 0.47 0.6
85% 0.55 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
434GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 108 98 106 108 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 97.1
Write 68.3
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 104
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
50% 0.37 MB/s
266GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 100 103 104 102 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 86.6
Write 93.6
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 102
61% 83.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 95 96 97 95 95 MB/s
53% Above average
Read 93.8
Write 88.8
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 91.1
59% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
363GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 94 94 97 96 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 91.6
Write 77.4
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 93
57% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 38 37 38 39 38 MB/s
26.8% Poor
Read 56.1
Write 29.4
Mixed 26.2
SusWrite 37.1
27% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.53 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 34 34 23 31 MB/s
19.2% Very poor
Read 36
Write 38.8
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 30.8
24% 32.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming 106%
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Desktop 90%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples995x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples62x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples252x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples197x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples95x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples50x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples46x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,155

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