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Seagate

Backup+ BL 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 44.9% (402nd of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ BL
Poor: 16%Average: 44.9% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ BL 500GB averaged 55.1% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 89MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ BL 500GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ BL 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 40244.9%
Min Avg Max
28.5 Read 89 113
16.2 Write 77.6 116
26.5 Mixed 47.5 60.5
19 SusWrite 67.5 111
51.7% 70.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.47 0.5
0.5 4K Write 0.8 1
0.4 4K Mixed 0.57 0.7
97.9% 0.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 111 112 113 113 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 113
Write 113
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 111
72% 98.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 76 88 88 90 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 111
Write 109
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 81.6
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 75 74 76 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 108
Write 116
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 74.9
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
444GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s
35.6% Below average
Read 105
Write 16.5
Mixed 27.3
SusWrite 19
31% 42 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.47 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,447,559 HDDs tested

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Typical Backup+ BL 500GB Builds (Compare 3,401 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples720x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples716x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples469x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples262x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples186x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples180x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples115x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples108x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples102x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples65x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $558

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