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Backup+ RD 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 33.1% (647th of 1014)

Based on 255 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ RD
Poor: 13%Average: 33.1% Great: 56%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB averaged 66.9% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.69MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB is 42.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 46.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 255 samples)
Rank 64733.1%
Min Avg Max
25.2 Read 57.8 102
17.9 Write 46.5 91.7
18.4 Mixed 42.9 92.2
12.6 SusWrite 55.2 100
37.4% 50.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.45 0.54
0.48 4K Write 1.69 2.3
0.15 4K Mixed 0.58 0.9
115% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
306GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 98 99 99 101 101 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 83.5
Write 34.2
Mixed 30
SusWrite 95.5
44% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.63 MB/s
311GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 85 86 87 86 88 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 91.5
Write 44.7
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 81.8
46% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
196GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 66 66 67 66 67 MB/s
38% Below average
Read 66.6
Write 46.1
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 65.6
40% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
141% 1 MB/s
557GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 108
Write 13.5
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 13
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
81% 0.53 MB/s
557GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 22 22 21 22 MB/s
23.9% Poor
Read 61
Write 30.6
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 21.8
27% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
311GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.1 9.4 9.7 8.8 8.7 MB/s
4.31% Terrible
Read 5.7
Write 12.7
Mixed 7.7
SusWrite 9.3
7% 8.85 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
8% 0.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,904 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-16R5

CPU
Core i5-10500HIntelBench 80%, 12,921 samples3,398x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples824x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples521x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,786x
GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 35%, 2,293 samples1,424x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples440x
SSD
OM8PCP3512F-AI1 512GBKingstonBench 135%, 20,980 samples1,482x
OM8PDP3256B-AI1 256GBKingstonBench 152%, 3,789 samples1,199x
Micron_2210_MTFDHBA512QFD 512GBBench 176%, 33,645 samples599x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples879x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples394x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples344x
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