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Seagate

Basic 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 44.7% (409th of 1015)

Based on 1,185 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Basic
Poor: 19%Average: 44.7% Great: 69%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Basic 1TB averaged 55.3% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.01MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Basic 1TB is 49.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Basic 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 69.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,185 samples)
Rank 40944.7%
Min Avg Max
28.6 Read 69.2 114
27.2 Write 83.4 129
25.6 Mixed 64.1 92.3
29 SusWrite 86.2 129
56% 75.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.01 2
0.3 4K Write 1.13 2
0.23 4K Mixed 0.64 1
134% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
704GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 124 121 124 124 122 MB/s
65.4% Good
Read 108
Write 118
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 120
78% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.2
96% 0.9 MB/s
682GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 123 123 122 126 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 97.6
Write 136
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 122
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
192% 1.5 MB/s
494GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 122 121 125 122 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 85.2
Write 108
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 122
74% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.83 MB/s
819GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 123 123 125 120 121 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 85.6
Write 94.6
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 120
73% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.03 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 89 96 94 96 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 73.3
Write 91.3
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 92.7
62% 83.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.53 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 29 29 29 28 MB/s
15.8% Very poor
Read 26.1
Write 26.9
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 28.5
19% 26.1 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
147% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 91%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $270

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,558x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples5,235x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples2,945x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,620x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,541x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,318x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples897x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples764x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples699x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,080x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples989x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples695x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $986

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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