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Seagate

Backup+ Desktop 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 71.4% (122nd of 1015)

Based on 573 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desktop
Poor: 16%Average: 71.4% Great: 108%

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Good average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB averaged 28.6% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.86MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB is 92.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 573 samples)
Rank 12271.4%
Min Avg Max
30.3 Read 128 196
21.9 Write 103 159
23.9 Mixed 64.4 88.7
24 SusWrite 121 190
76.2% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.77 0.8
1.4 4K Write 1.86 2.2
0.7 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
153% 1.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
612GB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 169 168 170 172 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 144
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 170
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
504GB free
Firmware: 1404
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 180 181 181 184 184 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 114
Write 80.8
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 179
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 115 114 114 115 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 161
Write 143
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 114
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
5GB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 136 128 126 126 144 MB/s
71.6% Very good
Read 120
Write 72.8
Mixed 57.6
SusWrite 130
70% 95 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
530GB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 62 63 61 MB/s
47% Average
Read 102
Write 87.6
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 61.8
59% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 35 34 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 54.6
Write 33.1
Mixed 11
SusWrite 34.3
24% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: D702
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 41 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 38.7
Write 38.5
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 41.2
28% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,329,549 HDDs tested

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Typical Backup+ Desktop 3TB Builds (Compare 2,573 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples846x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples616x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples307x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples440x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples206x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples175x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples60x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples153x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples98x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples48x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783

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