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Seagate

BUP SL 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 9.35% (1069th of 1072)

Based on 1,348 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate BUP SL
Poor: 4%Average: 9.35% Great: 13%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate BUP SL 5TB averaged 90.6% 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. Sustained Write Speed 87.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 85MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BUP SL 5TB is just 9.46%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Seagate BUP SL 5TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,348 samples)
Rank 10699.35%
Min Avg Max
27.7 Read 72.1 107
24.8 Write 85 125
26.1 Mixed 60.3 76.8
21.7 SusWrite 87.8 131
17.2% 76.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.8 1.2
2.2 4K Write 3.59 4.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.57 0.8
3.83% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 122 129 126 125 MB/s
12.5% Very poor
Read 90.5
Write 126
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 126
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.6
4% 1.83 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 122 122 119 119 MB/s
12% Very poor
Read 92
Write 119
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 119
22% 98.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.6
4% 1.63 MB/s
629GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 34 35 35 35 34 MB/s
5.43% Terrible
Read 51.4
Write 32.9
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 35.4
8% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
4% 1.27 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 36 34 MB/s
5.33% Terrible
Read 52.7
Write 32
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 35
8% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
4% 1.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 22 23 22 22 23 MB/s
4.85% Terrible
Read 50.4
Write 31.6
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 23.2
8% 34.8 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
5% 1.53 MB/s
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Typical BUP SL 5TB Builds (Compare 554 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 88%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 75%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) - $164

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples199x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples101x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples70x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples87x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples67x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples54x
SSD
BUP SL 5TBSeagateBench 9%, 1,348 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $849

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