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Seagate

Backup+ Desk 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 62.7% (175th of 1015)

Based on 1,551 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 15%Average: 62.7% Great: 102%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB averaged 37.3% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.74MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB is 87.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 91.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,551 samples)
Rank 17562.7%
Min Avg Max
27.2 Read 107 180
22.8 Write 91.9 150
22.4 Mixed 57.2 81
18.3 SusWrite 111 183
67.2% 91.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.59 0.8
0.81 4K Write 3.74 7.5
0.5 4K Mixed 0.71 1
173% 1.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 186 185 187 188 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 132
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 185
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
246GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 165 163 164 166 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 130
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 165
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0511
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 133 129 134 131 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 134
Write 121
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 132
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
683GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 166 167 150 166 167 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 73.5
Write 94.5
Mixed 54.6
SusWrite 161
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.6
174% 1.93 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 116 115 120 136 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 88.3
Write 119
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 119
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 0.6
222% 2.83 MB/s
839GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 96 96 94 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 89.8
Write 63.1
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 95.1
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0342
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 83 84 85 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 77.5
Write 89.3
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 83.8
58% 78.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 34.7
Write 39.5
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 39
27% 36.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1
234% 2.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,300,191 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation 6%
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System: HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,040x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples962x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples398x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples379x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples335x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples209x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples119x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples66x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples42x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples48x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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