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Backup+ Desk 2TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 13.7% (1066th of 1071)

Based on 30 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Backup+ Desk
Poor: 5%Average: 13.7% Great: 17%

Terrible average bench

The Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB averaged 86.3% 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. Sequential Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 116MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB is just 12.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 0.53MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)
Rank 106613.7%
Min Avg Max
26.3 Read 116 188
25.1 Write 119 186
27.3 Mixed 93.9 157
24.5% 110 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.42 4K Read 0.66 0.88
1.22 4K Write 7.62 8.3
0.26 4K Mixed 0.52 0.67
5.7% 2.93 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.46 DQ Read 0.7 0.92
6.31 DQ Write 7.55 8.3
0.39 DQ Mixed 0.53 0.65
1.5% 2.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
742GB free
Firmware: 050B
16.2% Very poor
Read 147
Write 139
Mixed 113
30% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 8.05
4K Mixed 0.62
6% 3.1 MB/s
DQ Read 0.72
DQ Write 7.62
DQ Mixed 0.57
2% 2.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 050B
15.6% Very poor
Read 135
Write 137
Mixed 77.9
26% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 8.11
4K Mixed 0.53
6% 3.08 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 8.03
DQ Mixed 0.63
2% 3.09 MB/s
622GB free
Firmware: 050B
14.5% Very poor
Read 109
Write 136
Mixed 111
27% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 0.49
6% 3.08 MB/s
DQ Read 0.53
DQ Write 8.3
DQ Mixed 0.44
2% 3.09 MB/s
744GB free
Firmware: 050B
14.5% Very poor
Read 122
Write 128
Mixed 104
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 8.06
4K Mixed 0.46
6% 3.06 MB/s
DQ Read 0.56
DQ Write 7.57
DQ Mixed 0.47
1% 2.86 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 050B
13.9% Very poor
Read 106
Write 127
Mixed 118
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 8.22
4K Mixed 0.56
6% 3.14 MB/s
DQ Read 0.78
DQ Write 6.92
DQ Mixed 0.64
1% 2.78 MB/s
695GB free
Firmware: 050B
13.4% Very poor
Read 111
Write 117
Mixed 103
25% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 8.01
4K Mixed 0.39
6% 3 MB/s
DQ Read 0.66
DQ Write 7.74
DQ Mixed 0.41
1% 2.94 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: 050B
12.7% Very poor
Read 80.1
Write 125
Mixed 84.1
22% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 8.15
4K Mixed 0.57
6% 3.06 MB/s
DQ Read 0.47
DQ Write 7.84
DQ Mixed 0.47
2% 2.93 MB/s
214GB free
Firmware: 050B
9.86% Terrible
Read 59.9
Write 93
Mixed 84.6
18% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 8.06
4K Mixed 0.42
6% 3.04 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 7.53
DQ Mixed 0.44
1% 2.86 MB/s
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