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Ultra Touch HDD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 51% (286th of 1014)

Based on 86 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Ultra Touch HDD
Poor: 12%Average: 51% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Ultra Touch HDD 1TB averaged 48.9% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.61MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Ultra Touch HDD 1TB is 61.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Ultra Touch HDD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 82.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 86 samples)
Rank 28651%
Min Avg Max
15.4 Read 82.6 127
19.7 Write 91.2 132
14.3 Mixed 68 104
20 SusWrite 94.4 133
62.1% 84 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.17 4K Read 1.61 2.2
0.4 4K Write 2.41 3.66
0.1 4K Mixed 0.61 0.9
180% 1.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
890GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 127 107 121 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 109
Write 95.9
Mixed 94.5
SusWrite 118
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.7
220% 1.97 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 107 127 113 75 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 113
Write 127
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 113
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
201% 1.5 MB/s
503GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 103 103 101 101 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 75.2
Write 105
Mixed 97.1
SusWrite 100
70% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.6
193% 1.77 MB/s
399GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 101 101 103 96 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 64.5
Write 76.9
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 99.1
62% 82.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.6
168% 1.6 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 96 92 MB/s
44.5% Average
Read 61.5
Write 78.9
Mixed 86.4
SusWrite 92.7
60% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.5
146% 1.5 MB/s
587GB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 39 38 40 40 40 MB/s
20% Poor
Read 30.7
Write 32.6
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 38.4
25% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
132% 1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,357,453 HDDs tested

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Typical Ultra Touch HDD 1TB Builds (Compare 1,928 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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System: Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603HM_GU603HM

CPU
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 89%, 6,494 samples1,521x
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples407x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples1,136x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples790x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1x
SSD
HFM001TD3JX013N 1TBNvmeBench 229%, 5,082 samples739x
INTEL SSDPEKNU010TZ 1TBNvmeBench 250%, 1,991 samples588x
SAMSUNG MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00 1TBNvmeBench 333%, 3,134 samples220x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 3,207 samples539x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE Micron 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 3,193 samples271x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2B1 Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE 16GBMicronBench 58%, 1,942 samples165x
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