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Backup+ Desk 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 13.8% (1067th of 1072)

Based on 662 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 7%Average: 13.8% Great: 18%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB averaged 86.1% 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. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 112MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB is just 11.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.84MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 662 samples)
Rank 106713.8%
Min Avg Max
37.6 Read 97.2 151
32.5 Write 112 164
38.4 Mixed 76.6 94.1
40.7 SusWrite 124 179
23.1% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1.2
8.4 4K Write 10.2 11.3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.84 1.1
7.6% 3.92 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 DQ Read 1.59 2.09
3.8 DQ Write 8.6 10.6
0.81 DQ Mixed 2.43 3.2
2.67% 4.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: 0511
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 177 177 177 177 176 MB/s
18.3% Very poor
Read 151
Write 165
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 165
28% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 8.5
4K Mixed 0.8
7% 3.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 8.3
DQ Mixed 2.8
3% 4.13 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 0511
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 170 175 174 178 173 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 110
Write 160
Mixed 98.2
SusWrite 172
31% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 10.1
4K Mixed 1
8% 4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.7
DQ Write 10.2
DQ Mixed 2.8
3% 4.9 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 153 151 150 149 152 MB/s
15.5% Very poor
Read 100
Write 130
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 150
26% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 0.6
8% 4.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1.6
DQ Write 8.8
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 3.9 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 136 136 136 135 135 MB/s
13.8% Very poor
Read 96.2
Write 136
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 123
25% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 0.8
8% 4.07 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 9.6
DQ Mixed 1.9
2% 4.1 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 55 54 56 55 54 MB/s
10.5% Very poor
Read 127
Write 147
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 51
22% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 0.9
7% 3.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1.7
DQ Write 10.1
DQ Mixed 2.7
3% 4.83 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 60 62 65 63 59 MB/s
10.1% Very poor
Read 90.4
Write 128
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 65
20% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 1
8% 4.07 MB/s
DQ Read 1.8
DQ Write 7.7
DQ Mixed 3.2
3% 4.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,121 SSDs tested

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Typical Backup+ Desk 8TB Builds (Compare 418 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus VANGUARD B85 - $7,816

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples75x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples45x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples35x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples34x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples25x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples24x
SSD
Backup+ Desk 8TBSeagateBench 14%, 662 samples1x
RAM
BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,688 samples13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $7,966

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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