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Seagate

Portable 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 47.1% (352nd of 1015)

Based on 11,289 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Portable
Poor: 19%Average: 47.1% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Portable 2TB averaged 52.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Portable 2TB is 49%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Portable 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 73.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,289 samples)
Rank 35247.1%
Min Avg Max
31.1 Read 73.9 112
28 Write 86.8 128
26.6 Mixed 65.6 92.1
28.5 SusWrite 90 129
58.5% 79.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.04 2.15
0.2 4K Write 1.16 2.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.65 1
137% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 115 125 129 125 114 MB/s
61% Good
Read 91.5
Write 119
Mixed 83.9
SusWrite 122
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.9
135% 0.63 MB/s
613GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 134 134 130 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 74.4
Write 117
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 133
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
876GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 105 102 103 102 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 78.6
Write 107
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 102
69% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
862GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 85 92 85 88 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 81.9
Write 92
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 87.2
63% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.4
108% 1.07 MB/s
951GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 99 100 100 MB/s
46.8% Average
Read 64.5
Write 106
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 98.9
66% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.9
126% 0.57 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 83 82 82 85 93 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 49
Write 67.5
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 86.7
43% 58.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.2
94% 1.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,381,366 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
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 samples3,401x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples2,798x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,095x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples2,644x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,028x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,390x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples1,459x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples723x
M390 500GBMSIBench 230%, 4,955 samples568x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples1,093x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples562x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples436x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $351

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