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Backup+ Desk M 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 61% (183rd of 1015)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk M
Poor: 16%Average: 61% Great: 98%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk M 4TB averaged 39.0% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.99MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk M 4TB is 82.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk M 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 76.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Rank 18361%
Min Avg Max
21 Read 114 176
12.2 Write 76.6 147
18.5 Mixed 56.6 77.5
10.1 SusWrite 97.9 169
63.3% 86.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.7 1.6
0.2 4K Write 1.99 6.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.67 1
141% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 126 130 130 130 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 167
Write 147
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 126
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 124 126 124 125 127 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 149
Write 120
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 126
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 131 133 135 136 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 117
Write 95.8
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 132
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 146 72 87 122 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 126
Write 93
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 113
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
183GB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s
26.2% Poor
Read 51
Write 38.4
Mixed 28.7
SusWrite 39.8
29% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.03 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 32 32 32 31 MB/s
17.9% Very poor
Read 29.6
Write 26.7
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 30.6
22% 29 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 1
278% 2.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,328,637 HDDs tested

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Typical Backup+ Desk M 4TB Builds (Compare 889 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 86%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples397x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples183x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples105x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples105x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples61x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples36x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples31x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples30x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $56Bench 81%, 84,291 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $684

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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