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Seagate

M3 Portable 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 41.2% (479th of 1015)

Based on 5,295 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate M3 Portable
Poor: 16%Average: 41.2% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate M3 Portable 1TB averaged 58.8% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.11MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate M3 Portable 1TB is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate M3 Portable 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 63.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,295 samples)
Rank 47941.2%
Min Avg Max
25.4 Read 63.3 110
23.7 Write 83.4 136
22.5 Mixed 66.7 106
25.6 SusWrite 79.6 127
54.3% 73.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.11 2
0.5 4K Write 2.34 3.5
0.2 4K Mixed 0.59 0.9
155% 1.35 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
724GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 122 111 121 120 MB/s
57.4% Above average
Read 80.3
Write 119
Mixed 109
SusWrite 119
80% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
185% 1.7 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 62 86 94 90 83 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 75.8
Write 91.8
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 83.6
62% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.6
144% 1.33 MB/s
349GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 103 97 102 100 101 MB/s
45% Average
Read 57.1
Write 109
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 99.3
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
124% 1.07 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 90 90 91 89 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 63.7
Write 74.2
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 89.6
56% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
121% 0.93 MB/s
391GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 88 87 86 85 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 63.7
Write 112
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 86.3
61% 82.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.5
149% 1.47 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 87 91 90 85 88 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 48.8
Write 103
Mixed 100
SusWrite 83.3
63% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.5
167% 1.63 MB/s
752GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 38 40 40 41 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 55.9
Write 31
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 38.1
26% 36.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
189% 1.23 MB/s
141GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 37 37 37 38 MB/s
19.6% Very poor
Read 31.1
Write 31.4
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 36.5
22% 30.1 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
127% 1.03 MB/s
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Typical M3 Portable 1TB Builds (Compare 3,332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 150%
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Desktop
Desktop 105%
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Workstation
Workstation 150%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z590 GAMING PLUS (MS-7D07)

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $277Bench 101%, 65,651 samples887x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $227Bench 99%, 43,966 samples436x
Core i9-11900KIntel  $287Bench 103%, 44,319 samples395x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $425Bench 148%, 619,642 samples376x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples356x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $830Bench 187%, 424,051 samples287x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples228x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $70Bench 260%, 140,876 samples181x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 310%, 455,997 samples180x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $54Bench 85%, 346,786 samples137x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples86x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $836

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Intel Core i5-12400F $148Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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