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Seagate

BUP Slim Mac SL 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 40.1% (504th of 1015)

Based on 110 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL
Poor: 15%Average: 40.1% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 500GB averaged 59.9% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.46MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 500GB is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 43.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 110 samples)
Rank 50440.1%
Min Avg Max
28.2 Read 69.7 111
25.6 Write 67.6 107
23.4 Mixed 43.3 88.8
25.5 SusWrite 71.2 108
46.3% 62.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 0.46 0.5
0.32 4K Write 0.66 0.85
0.14 4K Mixed 0.44 0.6
79.9% 0.52 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
358GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 101 104 105 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 101
Write 104
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 103
65% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 52 67 47 71 69 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 98
Write 98.8
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 58.5
56% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
376GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 40 40 41 40 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 38.2
Write 40.5
Mixed 26.3
SusWrite 40.3
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.6 MB/s
2GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 25 MB/s
22.1% Poor
Read 51
Write 26.1
Mixed 22.1
SusWrite 25.8
23% 31.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
92% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical BUP Slim Mac SL 500GB Builds (Compare 1,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350M-DS3H V2-CF

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples184x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples160x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples121x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples101x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples93x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples57x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples71x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples41x
A400 120GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples38x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples43x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples38x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $283

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