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Seagate

Backup+ SL 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 39.5% (515th of 1015)

Based on 169 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ SL
Poor: 14%Average: 39.5% Great: 61%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate Backup+ SL 1.5TB averaged 60.4% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.68MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ SL 1.5TB is 46.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ SL 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 60.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 169 samples)
Rank 51539.5%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Read 67.8 105
23.4 Write 60.2 111
24.1 Mixed 50.3 106
16.9 SusWrite 68.3 105
45.5% 61.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.52 0.6
1.1 4K Write 1.68 1.99
0.25 4K Mixed 0.69 0.9
129% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 96 96 97 97 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 71.5
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 97.3
60% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.93 MB/s
713GB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 91 91 92 92 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 99
Write 68.4
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 90.6
58% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 96 97 96 97 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 85.6
Write 76
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 97.1
58% 78.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.1 MB/s
849GB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 86 87 87 86 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 73.7
Write 59.3
Mixed 50
SusWrite 86.6
50% 67.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.07 MB/s
314GB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 73 72 74 74 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 67.7
Write 58.9
Mixed 49.1
SusWrite 73.6
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: A905
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 40 40 40 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 54.9
Write 31
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 39.9
30% 40.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,323,388 HDDs tested

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Typical Backup+ SL 1.5TB Builds (Compare 1,329 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples283x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples169x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples152x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples129x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples86x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples31x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples38x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $435

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