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Seagate

Portable 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 47.1% (351st 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

Average Bench

(Based on 11,289 samples)
Rank 35147.1%
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%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 124 130 132 109 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 96.1
Write 105
Mixed 94.1
SusWrite 124
78% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 0.97 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 96 93 94 92 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 112
Write 122
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 94.5
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.43 MB/s
425GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 60 63 62 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 90.3
Write 118
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 60.7
66% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 1
150% 0.7 MB/s
897GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 58.5
Write 28.4
Mixed 34
SusWrite 40.6
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
194% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 41 38 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 36
Write 40
Mixed 35
SusWrite 39.9
28% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
136% 0.87 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%, 37,740 samples3,716x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $100Bench 94%, 46,609 samples3,034x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,179x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $280Bench 100%, 447,556 samples2,854x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $309Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,194x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,504x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $70Bench 204%, 97,624 samples1,555x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $65Bench 156%, 162,275 samples764x
M390 500GBMSIBench 206%, 8,587 samples616x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 91%, 47,229 samples1,181x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples591x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples467x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $350

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