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Seagate

BUP Portable 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 48% (335th of 1015)

Based on 5,255 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP Portable
Poor: 15%Average: 48% Great: 69%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate BUP Portable 4TB averaged 51.9% 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 3.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.59MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP Portable 4TB is 53.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate BUP Portable 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 72.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,255 samples)
Rank 33548%
Min Avg Max
25.5 Read 72.9 108
23.4 Write 90.1 131
24.6 Mixed 62.2 80.7
23.4 SusWrite 93.5 135
58.8% 79.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.87 1.3
2.05 4K Write 3.58 4.5
0.25 4K Mixed 0.59 0.8
168% 1.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 123 120 116 125 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 102
Write 108
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 122
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.7
198% 1.93 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 104 99 106 112 112 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 84
Write 117
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 105
70% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.6
186% 1.8 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 66 64 64 64 62 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 50
Write 53.7
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 62.4
43% 57.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.4
158% 1.8 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 67 61 57 43 55 MB/s
31.6% Below average
Read 49.9
Write 11.2
Mixed 34
SusWrite 60.2
29% 38.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
80% 0.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 41 40 MB/s
22.9% Poor
Read 38.1
Write 40.2
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 40.4
28% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.6
184% 1.6 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 36 36 34 33 33 MB/s
15.6% Very poor
Read 20.9
Write 27.4
Mixed 26.6
SusWrite 33.1
20% 27 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
143% 0.87 MB/s
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Typical BUP Portable 4TB Builds (Compare 7,654 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation 150%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $300

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,303x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples2,233x
Core i9-9900KFIntel  $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples485x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples822x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples622x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples545x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples687x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples600x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples330x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples262x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples245x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $1,340

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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