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Backup+ Desk 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 51.7% (282nd of 1015)

Based on 825 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 12%Average: 51.7% Great: 89%

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Average average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB averaged 48.3% 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 Write Speed 6.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB is 77.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 82.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 825 samples)
Rank 28251.7%
Min Avg Max
24.1 Read 82.9 154
18.1 Write 83 158
18.8 Mixed 33.3 54.2
13 SusWrite 95.4 181
53.6% 73.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.43 4K Read 0.98 1.4
0.73 4K Write 6.07 7.77
0.2 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
226% 2.57 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 176 169 173 173 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 145
Mixed 39
SusWrite 174
93% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.9
273% 2.87 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 137 135 135 137 133 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 121
Write 123
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 134
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 0.7
265% 3.1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 168 173 182 183 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 62.4
Write 92
Mixed 22.1
SusWrite 175
63% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.6
219% 2.53 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 121 121 122 122 MB/s
66.6% Good
Read 111
Write 167
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 119
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.8
273% 3.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 116 114 118 112 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 79.5
Write 92.4
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 114
57% 78.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 0.6
247% 3.03 MB/s
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Gaming 174%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 189%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 UD4 Pro-CF

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples162x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples88x
Core i9-10980XEIntel  $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples47x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples70x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples50x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples38x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples45x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples20x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples138x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples89x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples76x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $1,401

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