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Seagate

USB 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 46% (370th of 1015)

Based on 153 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate USB
Poor: 14%Average: 46% Great: 96%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate USB 1TB averaged 54.0% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.56MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate USB 1TB is 81.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate USB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 70.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 153 samples)
Rank 37046%
Min Avg Max
22.7 Read 81.2 167
11.9 Write 70.6 139
15.1 Mixed 49.6 99.5
15.3 SusWrite 83 171
52.2% 71.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.65 1.3
0.28 4K Write 1.56 3.1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.55 1
117% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
662GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 95 93 95 95 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 143
Write 89.6
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 94.9
72% 98.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
229% 1.83 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 113 112 118 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 111
Write 110
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 114
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
199% 1.33 MB/s
678GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 98 100 98 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 94.7
Write 98.4
Mixed 44.8
SusWrite 98.3
61% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
576GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s
27% Poor
Read 53.2
Write 31
Mixed 22.4
SusWrite 40.4
27% 36.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.03 MB/s
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Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 96%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples368x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $148Bench 86%, 635,419 samples91x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $325Bench 88%, 197,342 samples69x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples72x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $709Bench 187%, 424,051 samples55x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples45x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples55x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 297%, 331,647 samples52x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples50x
RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GBGBench 94%, 9,782 samples29x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples26x
Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GFX 4x8GBGBench 109%, 918 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $721

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