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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%
872GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 130 129 130 127 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 89.9
Write 125
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 129
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
815GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 122 123 121 122 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 94.9
Write 110
Mixed 85
SusWrite 121
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 1
146% 0.67 MB/s
737GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 115 118 115 113 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 87.4
Write 108
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 113
69% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
926GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 40 39 39 39 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 35.5
Write 35.9
Mixed 29.4
SusWrite 39
26% 35 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
180% 1.37 MB/s
833GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 38 39 39 40 39 MB/s
20.6% Poor
Read 33.8
Write 38.2
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 37.7
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 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) - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $253Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,678x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples5,351x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $395Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,010x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $265Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,652x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,568x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $495Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,352x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples925x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples781x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples713x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,095x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,003x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 85%, 346,786 samples701x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $824

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