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Ultra Slim PL 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 41.6% (474th of 1015)

Based on 834 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Ultra Slim PL
Poor: 14%Average: 41.6% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Ultra Slim PL 1TB averaged 58.4% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.19MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Ultra Slim PL 1TB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Ultra Slim PL 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 63.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 834 samples)
Rank 47441.6%
Min Avg Max
24.9 Read 63.8 114
23.3 Write 85.5 137
19.6 Mixed 66.7 106
18.8 SusWrite 80.4 127
54.9% 74.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.19 2
0.9 4K Write 2.47 3.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
156% 1.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
686GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 114 114 113 115 113 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 81.2
Write 87.3
Mixed 94.5
SusWrite 106
69% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
179% 1.77 MB/s
737GB free
Firmware: 0109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 114 114 111 114 114 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 56.3
Write 120
Mixed 99.2
SusWrite 110
72% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
206% 1.87 MB/s
63GB free
Firmware: 0109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 33.4
Write 33.3
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 40.7
26% 35.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
155% 1.37 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,362,797 HDDs tested

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Typical Ultra Slim PL 1TB Builds (Compare 2,993 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples437x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples322x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples302x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples222x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples199x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples164x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples129x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples77x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples51x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples84x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples68x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $298

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