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Seagate

Backup+ Desk 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 13.2% (1068th of 1072)

Based on 108 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 9%Average: 13.2% Great: 17%

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Terrible average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB averaged 86.8% 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 121MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 95.6MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB is just 7.29%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.18MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 108 samples)
Rank 106813.2%
Min Avg Max
51.2 Read 93.9 143
45.9 Write 95.6 138
65.3 Mixed 76.6 85.9
53.4 SusWrite 121 161
21.8% 96.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.7 1.15
8.13 4K Write 9.08 10.7
0.42 4K Mixed 0.69 0.95
6.73% 3.49 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 DQ Read 1.18 1.76
2.64 DQ Write 6.67 8.51
0.64 DQ Mixed 1.65 2.15
1.93% 3.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
650GB free
Firmware: 0342
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 168 159 171 173 MB/s
16.3% Very poor
Read 101
Write 104
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 167
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 9
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.5 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 5.7
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 2.53 MB/s
645GB free
Firmware: 0342
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 162 163 163 163 165 MB/s
15.4% Very poor
Read 91.4
Write 107
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 161
25% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 0.8
6% 3.23 MB/s
DQ Read 0.7
DQ Write 6.6
DQ Mixed 0.7
1% 2.67 MB/s
882GB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 151 151 153 148 151 MB/s
14.7% Very poor
Read 96.7
Write 107
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 146
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 0.6
6% 3.37 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.6
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 2.97 MB/s
460GB free
Firmware: 0342
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 151 148 151 158 MB/s
13.4% Very poor
Read 57.7
Write 78.4
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 149
21% 92.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 8.8
4K Mixed 0.7
6% 3.33 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 8
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 3.3 MB/s
989GB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 109 108 109 110 MB/s
11.5% Very poor
Read 74
Write 74
Mixed 77
SusWrite 109
19% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 0.6
6% 3.37 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 6.8
DQ Mixed 1
2% 2.93 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 040B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 95 95 91 93 MB/s
9.94% Terrible
Read 55.3
Write 94.3
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 93.9
18% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 0.7
6% 3.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 5.7
DQ Mixed 0.6
1% 2.5 MB/s
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,258x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples3,008x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples1,825x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,368x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples1,205x
SSD
Backup+ Desk 4TBSeagateBench 13%, 108 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples755x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples321x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $617

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