Seagate

Portable 120GB

Portable 120GB
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Effective Speed -138%Effective Speed -138%Average Score -122%Read -133%, Write -113%, 4K Read -93%, 4K Write -188%, Mixed -95%, 4K Mixed -123%, SusWrite -112%Peak Score -117%Read -99%, Write -104%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -214%, Mixed -84%, 4K Mixed -106%, SusWrite -129%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -144%DQ Read -151%, DQ Write -158%, DQ Mixed -125%, ADQ Read -239%, ADQ Write -253%, ADQ Mixed -174%, Age 96%, AS-SSD Total -146%

Average Bench: 41.4% (938^th of 1072)

Based on 30 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Portable

Poor: 3%Average: 41.4% Great: 51%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Portable 120GB averaged 58.6% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 94.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Portable 120GB is 48.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Portable 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 140MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 96.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)

Rank 93841.4%

Min	Avg	Max
20.8	Read 196	254
18.5	Write 190	238
15.8	Mixed 184	230
19.1	SusWrite 140	169
40% 178 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 17.8	23.4
0.9	4K Write 30.4	39
0.4	4K Mixed 20.2	28.3
68.9% 22.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27	DQ Read 96.2	146
22.8	DQ Write 81.8	139
25.8	DQ Mixed 94.9	147
69.5% 91 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 years ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 171 150 150 151 151 MB/s

54.3% Above average

Write 233

Mixed 219

SusWrite 166

48% 214 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 38.7

4K Mixed 28.1

92% 30.1 MB/s

DQ Read 130

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 78.3

74% 114 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 172 152 152 152 152 MB/s

53.5% Above average

Write 228

Mixed 220

SusWrite 168

48% 213 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 28.3

92% 30.2 MB/s

DQ Read 83

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 147

101% 123 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 167 152 151 152 151 MB/s

50.5% Above average

Write 205

Mixed 203

SusWrite 169

45% 198 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 27.4

89% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 71.3

DQ Write 92.8

DQ Mixed 82.5

62% 82.2 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 139 103 87 115 145 MB/s

33.9% Below average

Write 207

Mixed 191

SusWrite 124

39% 173 MB/s

4K Read 14.6

4K Write 29.1

4K Mixed 10.5

51% 18.1 MB/s

DQ Read 96.7

DQ Write 97.9

DQ Mixed 111

80% 102 MB/s

CAN-User, 15 months ago.

98GB free

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 54 55 54 MB/s

5.65% Terrible

Write 56.3

Mixed 28.2

SusWrite 54.4

10% 45.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.4

2% 0.7 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

3GB free

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s

2.51% Terrible

Write 19.1

Mixed 15.9

SusWrite 19.2

4% 18.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 0.4

2% 0.6 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

3GB free

Firmware: 9300

SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s

2.48% Terrible

Write 18.5

Mixed 15.8

SusWrite 19.1

4% 18.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.9

4K Mixed 0.4

2% 0.57 MB/s

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Gaming 110%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	372x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	164x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	92x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x

SSD
Portable 120GBSeagateBench 41%, 30 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $714

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Portable 120GB

Average Bench: 41.4% (938^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 41.4% (938th of 1072)

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