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Seagate
▲ 52434 ▼

Release date: Q3 2015.

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▲ 500 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Effective Speed 
+49%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 253,883 user samples
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253,816 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 84% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 40% 109GB free
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
SPEED RANK: 163rd / 1014
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Best Bench: 59% 176GB free
Worst Bench: 24% 158GB free (System drive)
Poor: 24% Great: 59%
SPEED RANK: 436th / 1014
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		64.8 % Much faster effective speed.
+49% 		43.5 %
Average Score 
+51%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		116 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+49% 		77.8 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		107 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+35% 		79.5 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.85 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+102% 		0.42 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		2.25 MB/s Faster random write.
+22% 		1.84 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		74.3 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+37% 		54.2 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.91 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+57% 		0.58 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		109 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+56% 		69.7 MB/s
Peak Score 
+27%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		152 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+48% 		103 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		143 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+31% 		109 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+67% 		0.6 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		2.7 MB/s +3% 2.62 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		94.6 MB/s 100 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+6%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1 MB/s 1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		144 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+44% 		100 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.84 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		106 Months 100+ Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		2TB 500GB
User Builds 
253,816
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