UserBenchmark: Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" vs WD Black (2013)

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SPEED RANK: 379^th / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		82 %	Much faster effective speed. +79%		45.7 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	147 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +89%	77.7 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	137 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +64%	83.3 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	0.88 MB/s		1.1 MB/s	Faster random read. +25%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	3.05 MB/s		3.77 MB/s	Faster random write. +24%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	88.9 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +86%	47.9 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.99 MB/s		1.4 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +41%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	138 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +71%	80.6 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	184 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +63%	113 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	164 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +46%	112 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1.1 MB/s		1.91 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +74%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	3.6 MB/s		5.4 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +50%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	110 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +63%	67.4 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.2 MB/s		2.21 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +84%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	171 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +53%	112 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.05 %		0.09 %	Hugely higher market share. +80%
Value Value For Money	32.6 %	Much better value. +49%	21.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	50 %		50 %
Price Price (score)	$151		$21	Hugely cheaper. +86%


Age Newest		129+ Months	Slightly more recent. +8%		140 Months


Capacity Capacity			3TB			500GB

The Laptop Thin (7mm) SSHD from Seagate has a 64MB Cache and comes equipped with 8GB of MLC NAND Flash. At less than a year old the Laptop Thin is relatively new, but its performance is unbalanced and favours small file IO. With average sequential speeds of 85 MB/s the Laptop Thin lags the group leaders by over 50% in this area. As a result regular tasks such as copying multimedia files will be relatively slow on this drive. On the other hand, thanks to its 8GB of NAND flash, small file performance is far better and average and lies in the region of 3 MB/s which is a very respectable result. Overall the Laptop Thin's performance profile is skewed heavily towards small file IO. The Thins larger capacity 1TB sibling offers considerably better value for money. ^{[Jan '14 HDrivePro]}

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