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Seagate

M3 Portable 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 42.6% (450th of 1015)

Based on 5,513 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate M3 Portable
Poor: 14%Average: 42.6% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate M3 Portable 4TB averaged 57.3% 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 Write Speed 3.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate M3 Portable 4TB is 51.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate M3 Portable 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 65.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,513 samples)
Rank 45042.6%
Min Avg Max
25.3 Read 65.3 104
20.4 Write 77.3 124
23.3 Mixed 57.3 76.5
17.1 SusWrite 82.3 129
52.1% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.84 1.4
2 4K Write 3.52 4.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
161% 1.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 109 109 110 107 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 93
Write 125
Mixed 73.8
SusWrite 108
74% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.7
194% 1.87 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 83 86 88 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 48.6
Write 62.6
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 86.3
50% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.5
163% 1.73 MB/s
608GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 66 70 65 64 62 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 54.5
Write 81.2
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 64.7
50% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.5
151% 1.63 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 73 70 61 58 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 51
Write 84.3
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 68.4
50% 67 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.4
119% 1.27 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 20 21 20 21 MB/s
16.8% Very poor
Read 37.1
Write 37.7
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 20.6
24% 31.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
145% 1.2 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 37 38 37 37 MB/s
15.2% Very poor
Read 15.2
Write 43.8
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 37.6
24% 32.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.3
60% 0.5 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $96

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,696x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,794x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,116x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,321x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $215Bench 71%, 428,800 samples1,014x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1,006x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples684x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples437x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples360x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples961x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples617x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 84%, 287,720 samples437x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $433

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