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Seagate

Portable 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 47.6% (345th of 1015)

Based on 3,750 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Portable
Poor: 19%Average: 47.6% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Portable 4TB averaged 52.4% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.11MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Portable 4TB is 47.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Portable 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 75.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,750 samples)
Rank 34547.6%
Min Avg Max
31.5 Read 75.2 109
27.8 Write 88.7 130
27 Mixed 60.8 79
30.6 SusWrite 89.7 130
57.9% 78.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.93 1.6
0.63 4K Write 3.11 4.1
0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
162% 1.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 138 135 135 134 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 99.5
Write 132
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 135
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.8
180% 1.7 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 133 132 128 127 130 MB/s
62.3% Good
Read 95.2
Write 112
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 121
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.8
205% 1.9 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 117 119 117 118 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 88.9
Write 108
Mixed 68
SusWrite 118
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.6
178% 1.87 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 105 100 101 101 101 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 106
Mixed 77
SusWrite 100
70% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
166% 1.7 MB/s
667GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 101 99 103 99 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 48.5
Write 87.1
Mixed 52
SusWrite 100
53% 71.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.4
150% 1.7 MB/s
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Desktop 101%
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Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560 DS3H AC-Y1

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples3,372x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples2,772x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,084x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples2,611x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,012x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,382x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples1,447x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples718x
M390 500GBMSIBench 230%, 4,955 samples563x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples1,082x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples558x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples432x
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