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BUP Slim GD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 39.1% (520th of 1014)

Based on 545 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Slim GD
Poor: 14%Average: 39.1% Great: 64%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB averaged 60.9% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB is 49.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 64.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 545 samples)
Rank 52039.1%
Min Avg Max
20.9 Read 64.7 111
18.9 Write 70.7 132
20 Mixed 56.7 97.8
15.3 SusWrite 70.2 125
48.5% 65.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.89 1.8
0.31 4K Write 2.3 3.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.52 0.9
137% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
429GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 102 101 103 105 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 84.2
Write 50
Mixed 61
SusWrite 101
55% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
138% 1.2 MB/s
82GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 55 51 54 53 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 74.6
Write 109
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 53.4
61% 81.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.6
192% 1.87 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 55 58 59 55 64 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 62.8
Write 82.7
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 58.5
54% 71.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.5
137% 1.47 MB/s
407GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 51 40 39 44 54 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 43.2
Write 47.2
Mixed 49.1
SusWrite 45.6
34% 46.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
94% 0.73 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 39 39 MB/s
21.4% Poor
Read 33.7
Write 40.5
Mixed 33.7
SusWrite 39.8
27% 36.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.5
160% 1.5 MB/s
130GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 15 16 15 16 MB/s
12.5% Very poor
Read 27.4
Write 27.8
Mixed 20
SusWrite 15.6
17% 22.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
112% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,343 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples43x
FX-4100AMD  $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples29x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples19x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples12x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples5x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $134

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