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Seagate

Desktop 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 62.2% (180th of 1015)

Based on 4,842 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Desktop
Poor: 16%Average: 62.2% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate Desktop 8TB averaged 37.8% 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 Read Speed 3.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.06MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop 8TB is 77.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 95.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,842 samples)
Rank 18062.2%
Min Avg Max
31.5 Read 95.2 147
22.6 Write 107 158
29 Mixed 80 113
18.4 SusWrite 120 180
74.1% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.95 4K Read 3.36 7
1.6 4K Write 4.06 5.1
0.4 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
288% 2.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 175 173 170 172 173 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 157
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 174
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.9
405% 3.53 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 172 179 161 164 165 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 143
Write 150
Mixed 26
SusWrite 161
86% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.6
226% 2.57 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 166 160 164 166 164 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 128
Write 116
Mixed 109
SusWrite 156
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.7
380% 3.5 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 37 38 37 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 50.7
Write 34.9
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 37.2
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
253% 1.97 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s
20.8% Poor
Read 32.3
Write 40.1
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 38.8
27% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
215% 1.87 MB/s
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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 samples3,409x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples827x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples523x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,798x
GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 35%, 2,293 samples1,428x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples440x
SSD
OM8PCP3512F-AI1 512GBKingstonBench 135%, 20,980 samples1,487x
OM8PDP3256B-AI1 256GBKingstonBench 152%, 3,789 samples1,206x
Micron_2210_MTFDHBA512QFD 512GBBench 176%, 33,645 samples599x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples880x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples395x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples345x
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