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Seagate

USB 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 63.1% (175th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate USB
Poor: 17%Average: 63.1% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate USB 2TB averaged 36.8% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate USB 2TB is 86.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate USB 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 99.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 17563.1%
Min Avg Max
29.3 Read 112 193
25.5 Write 99.3 191
26.5 Mixed 59.5 165
15.4 SusWrite 108 187
69.4% 94.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.82 3
0.38 4K Write 2 5.6
0.1 4K Mixed 0.71 1.4
150% 1.18 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 124 122 133 132 133 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 119
Write 117
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 126
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.4 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 132 131 131 MB/s
67.3% Good
Read 104
Write 122
Mixed 63
SusWrite 130
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.33 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 109 112 112 112 MB/s
63.9% Good
Read 112
Write 109
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 111
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.03 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 88 92 94 91 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 127
Write 31
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 90.7
57% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.1 MB/s
486GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 94 96 96 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 107
Write 106
Mixed 80.6
SusWrite 94.5
72% 97 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 1.1 MB/s
778GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 103 103 102 103 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 71.2
Write 98.4
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 103
60% 81.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.27 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
17.3% Very poor
Read 36.1
Write 39.6
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 21.9
24% 31.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.8
316% 2.93 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,348,803 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H270-PLUS - $3,094

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples1,369x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples216x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples213x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples484x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples202x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples187x
SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD  $84Bench 53%, 21,990 samples121x
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata  $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples64x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples547x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples47x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $3,464

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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