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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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 119 119 121 120 MB/s
62% Good
Read 96.1
Write 126
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 120
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 0.97 MB/s
963GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 99 100 100 100 MB/s
57.4% Above average
Read 99.9
Write 122
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 99.6
72% 98.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
200% 1.47 MB/s
837GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 114 113 117 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 70.9
Write 108
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 116
70% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 1
142% 0.63 MB/s
969GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 105 105 105 104 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 74.3
Write 105
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 105
67% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 0.97 MB/s
852GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 92 93 88 90 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 55.4
Write 72.8
Mixed 66.9
SusWrite 92.9
53% 72 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
110% 0.9 MB/s
907GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 41 40 41 MB/s
21.1% Poor
Read 33
Write 38.2
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 39.6
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
170% 1.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 51,616,064 HDDs tested.

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Gaming 102%
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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 samples2,737x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $133Bench 94%, 46,609 samples2,244x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples900x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples2,193x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $260Bench 128%, 442,467 samples1,657x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $279Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,135x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $39Bench 204%, 97,624 samples1,252x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $36Bench 156%, 162,275 samples617x
M390 500GBMSIBench 230%, 4,955 samples462x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples938x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples479x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples365x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $324

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