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Backup+ Desk Mac 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 61.5% (180th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac
Poor: 14%Average: 61.5% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 4TB averaged 38.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 114MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 4TB is 75.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 89MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 18061.5%
Min Avg Max
21.4 Read 114 171
8.5 Write 89 140
14 Mixed 61.1 76
8.9 SusWrite 100 163
66.9% 91.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.25 1.8
0.4 4K Mixed 0.66 0.8
123% 0.85 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0505
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 149 149 152 151 MB/s
89.8% Excellent
Read 166
Write 133
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 148
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0505
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 94 95 96 96 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 164
Write 129
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 94.4
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0505
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 66 65 66 65 67 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 154
Write 108
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 65.2
73% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
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Typical Backup+ Desk Mac 4TB Builds (Compare 2,850 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples564x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples387x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples236x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples266x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples208x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples169x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples98x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples80x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples100x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $345

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