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Seagate

Backup+ BL 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 35.8% (571st of 1015)

Based on 489 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ BL
Poor: 14%Average: 35.8% Great: 58%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB averaged 64.2% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.72MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB is 43.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 48.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 45.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 489 samples)
Rank 57135.8%
Min Avg Max
26 Read 63 103
15.4 Write 48.4 94.7
18 Mixed 45.4 90.5
17.7 SusWrite 60.7 101
40.2% 54.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.46 0.6
0.41 4K Write 1.72 2.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.57 0.9
115% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 110 110 109 110 110 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 93.7
Write 77.5
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 108
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
846GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 103 100 102 100 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 98
Write 70.4
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 101
60% 82.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.2 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 63 67 66 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 101
Write 44.5
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 64.9
50% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.17 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 41 42 42 MB/s
26.9% Poor
Read 52.2
Write 36.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 41.1
30% 40.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,309,187 HDDs tested

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Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17L2

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples1,878x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples497x
Gen Intel Core i5-11260H11thBench 72%, 2,929 samples38x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples1,070x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples668x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples340x
SSD
OM8PCP3512F-AI1 512GBKingstonBench 135%, 20,980 samples862x
Micron_2210_MTFDHBA512QFD 512GBBench 176%, 33,645 samples283x
OM8PDP3512B-AI1 512GBKingstonBench 164%, 3,565 samples244x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples736x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples322x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples229x
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