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Seagate

BUP Slim SL 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 39.8% (509th of 1015)

Based on 4,641 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Slim SL
Poor: 14%Average: 39.8% Great: 63%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB averaged 60.2% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.22MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB is 49.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 64.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,641 samples)
Rank 50939.8%
Min Avg Max
25.2 Read 64.3 107
20.4 Write 68.2 128
22.3 Mixed 56.3 95.4
18.7 SusWrite 73.7 122
48.5% 65.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.85 1.8
0.8 4K Write 2.22 3.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.63 0.9
147% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
823GB free
Firmware: 0143
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 108 106 104 106 107 MB/s
60% Good
Read 105
Write 73.5
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 104
63% 85.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
764GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 101 91 103 107 108 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 105
Write 76.5
Mixed 58.6
SusWrite 100
62% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.17 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: 0109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 72 77 75 73 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 55.9
Write 120
Mixed 97.8
SusWrite 72.6
65% 86.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.5
162% 1.53 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 61 59 61 61 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 34.3
Write 72.5
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 59.4
40% 53.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.3
126% 1.4 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: 0143
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 40 41 41 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 51.5
Write 34.5
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 40.5
29% 39.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
836GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 64.3
Write 16.7
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 16
22% 29.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
99% 0.73 MB/s
423GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 40 35 36 37 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 35.3
Write 38.4
Mixed 35.4
SusWrite 37
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
393GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 35 35 35 36 MB/s
19% Very poor
Read 29.7
Write 38
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 35.6
25% 33.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
151% 1.27 MB/s
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Typical BUP Slim SL 1TB Builds (Compare 23,288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,009x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,946x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples885x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples788x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $685

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