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Seagate

Backup+ Desk 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 50.8% (289th of 1015)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 17%Average: 50.8% Great: 102%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 1TB averaged 49.1% 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 Read Speed 0.84MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 1TB is 85.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 80.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 28950.8%
Min Avg Max
10 Read 90.7 196
11.5 Write 80.2 182
11 Mixed 59.8 152
12.8 SusWrite 86.7 184
58.5% 79.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.84 3.5
0 4K Write 1.71 2.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.71 1.3
145% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
65GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 102 101 102 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 170
Write 123
Mixed 81
SusWrite 102
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.27 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 133 134 135 135 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 117
Write 116
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 134
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
226% 1.6 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 117 115 115 115 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 122
Write 120
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 115
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.5 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 0404
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 105 103 109 107 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 106
Write 107
Mixed 74.4
SusWrite 107
73% 98.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 101 90 96 94 96 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 74.6
Write 87.7
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 94.3
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
670GB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 19 18 19 19 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 106
Write 13.2
Mixed 19
SusWrite 18.4
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
168% 1.23 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 38.8
Write 38.9
Mixed 34.7
SusWrite 40.8
28% 38.3 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.2
256% 1.7 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 60 72 54 MB/s
20.8% Poor
Read 10
Write 26.1
Mixed 15.2
SusWrite 62.1
21% 28.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
73% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical Backup+ Desk 1TB Builds (Compare 4,042 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell XPS 15 7590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples3,108x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples775x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples159x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,482x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples1,494x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples6x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 162%, 6,475 samples252x
NVMe Samsung 1024GBPm981aBench 240%, 3,869 samples232x
NVMe INTEL 1024GBSsdpemkf010t8Bench 205%, 2,189 samples206x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples590x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples545x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples294x
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