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Seagate

Portable 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 49.8% (305th of 1015)

Based on 3,819 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Portable
Poor: 20%Average: 49.8% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Portable 5TB averaged 50.1% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Portable 5TB is 47.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Portable 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,819 samples)
Rank 30549.8%
Min Avg Max
32.6 Read 77.2 109
30.5 Write 93.4 130
26.7 Mixed 61.3 77.7
28.3 SusWrite 95.6 131
60.3% 81.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.94 1.6
0.95 4K Write 3.3 4.1
0.36 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
166% 1.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 117 123 123 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 93.8
Write 120
Mixed 81
SusWrite 126
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.6
185% 1.83 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 122 119 121 122 120 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 98.7
Write 113
Mixed 39.4
SusWrite 119
67% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.57 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 116 113 113 107 113 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 99.5
Write 104
Mixed 74
SusWrite 112
72% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
181% 1.83 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 122 122 119 122 121 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 96.7
Write 122
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 112
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
197% 1.97 MB/s
830GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 78 76 76 76 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 108
Write 98.9
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 78.5
64% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
168% 1.73 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 102 99 100 101 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 83.5
Write 103
Mixed 72
SusWrite 101
66% 90 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.6
157% 1.5 MB/s
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $230Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,373x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $135Bench 93%, 321,194 samples8,094x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,922x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,507x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,405x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,219x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples1,250x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples1,074x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,031x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,037x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,491x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples992x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $870

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