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Seagate

BUP BL 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 45.6% (382nd of 1015)

Based on 976 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP BL
Poor: 17%Average: 45.6% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate BUP BL 5TB averaged 54.4% 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 Write Speed 3.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.57MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP BL 5TB is 49.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP BL 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 976 samples)
Rank 38245.6%
Min Avg Max
29.7 Read 70.9 104
30.2 Write 84.6 124
27.5 Mixed 60 76
23.6 SusWrite 87 130
55.8% 75.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.79 1.2
2.7 4K Write 3.66 4.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.57 0.8
164% 1.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 115 104 114 109 MB/s
53% Above average
Read 86.3
Write 99.2
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 97.4
64% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.6
164% 1.67 MB/s
333GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 101 100 97 99 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 79.2
Write 87.7
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 99.1
61% 82.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.5
150% 1.67 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 57 54 61 59 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 42.7
Write 65.5
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 57.5
41% 54.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,946,627 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 207%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 248%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 AORUS XTREME

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD  $358Bench 100%, 33,026 samples314x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $227Bench 99%, 60,132 samples135x
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD  $486Bench 89%, 50,170 samples88x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,350Bench 210%, 158,856 samples165x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples75x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples70x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 385%, 327,441 samples71x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples37x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples37x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples22x
F4-3600C18-32GTZN 4x31.8GBG.SKILLBench 115%, 1,110 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $1,826

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