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Seagate BarraCud 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 220% (80th of 1072)

Based on 110 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Seagate BarraCud
Poor: 119%Average: 220% Great: 287%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Seagate BarraCud 1TB averaged 120.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 908MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,866MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 1TB is 168%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 110 samples)
Rank 80220%
Min Avg Max
591 Read 1,215 1,612
689 Write 1,866 2,606
432 Mixed 1,300 1,797
399 SusWrite 1,158 1,576
314% 1,385 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 39.5 50.5
43 4K Write 120 179
15.6 4K Mixed 55.3 72.7
194% 71.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
453 DQ Read 1,003 1,719
93 DQ Write 845 1,372
144 DQ Mixed 908 1,478
685% 919 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
849GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SU5SS001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1874 1871 1883 1886 1886 1886 MB/s
324% Outstanding
Read 1175
Write 1,884
Mixed 1,362
SusWrite 1881
358% 1,575 MB/s
4K Read 57.3
4K Write 311
4K Mixed 92.6
370% 154 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 1,530
DQ Mixed 920
757% 1,053 MB/s
824GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SU5SS001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1835 1830 1840 1844 1841 1835 MB/s
321% Outstanding
Read 1,172
Write 1,814
Mixed 1,379
SusWrite 1,838
352% 1,550 MB/s
4K Read 58.1
4K Write 311
4K Mixed 92.3
371% 154 MB/s
DQ Read 710
DQ Write 1,508
DQ Mixed 912
750% 1,043 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: STPSC014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1850 1826 2068 1480 996 1003 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 1,355
Write 2,076
Mixed 1487
SusWrite 1,537
366% 1,614 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 52.6
180% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 1,136
DQ Write 916
DQ Mixed 1,046
777% 1,033 MB/s
749GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1613 1660 1656 969 968 977 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,456
Write 2,131
Mixed 1,598
SusWrite 1,307
368% 1,623 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 49.7
162% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 816
DQ Write 715
DQ Mixed 768
575% 766 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: STPSC014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 579 962 650 651 546 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,442
Write 1,885
Mixed 1,619
SusWrite 763
322% 1,427 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 28.2
131% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,087
DQ Write 469
DQ Mixed 696
538% 751 MB/s
861GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 29 28 31 25 446 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 1,083
Write 1,803
Mixed 582
SusWrite 230
208% 924 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 3.2
69% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 189
DQ Write 19.5
DQ Mixed 36.2
44% 81.4 MB/s
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - $175

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,309x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples874x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples838x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples572x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples517x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples406x
SSD
Seagate BarraCud 1TBNvmeBench 220%, 110 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples242x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples142x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $914

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