Seagate

BarraCud 1TB

BarraCud 1TB
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -17%Read -15%, Write 5%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 29%Peak Score +9% Read 2%, Write 2%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 8%, DQ Write 4%, DQ Mixed 13%, ADQ Read -85%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -41%, Age 55%, AS-SSD Total 6%

Average Bench: 81.4% (469^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate BarraCud

Poor: 41%Average: 81.4% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Seagate BarraCud 1TB averaged just 18.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate BarraCud 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 185MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 263MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate BarraCud 1TB is 71.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate BarraCud 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 176MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 398MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 46981.4%

Min	Avg	Max
279	Read 398	515
332	Write 425	496
307	Mixed 381	469
93.2	SusWrite 382	492
89.6% 397 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.3	4K Read 21.9	44.2
6.7	4K Write 60.9	134
10.6	4K Mixed 30.7	64
105% 37.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	DQ Read 176	395
93.6	DQ Write 263	373
22.1	DQ Mixed 185	374
150% 208 MB/s

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CAN-User, 3 months ago.

398GB free

Firmware: STQS

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 447 460 461 461 458 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 471

Mixed 455

SusWrite 447

102% 452 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 45.8

149% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 371

DQ Mixed 377

284% 379 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 128%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $180

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,659x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	4,280x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,421x

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RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,243x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,081x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,472x

SSD
BarraCud 1TBSeagateBench 81%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	772x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	727x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	646x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $918

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	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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BarraCud 1TB

Average Bench: 81.4% (469^th of 1072)

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BarraCud 1TB

Average Bench: 81.4% (469th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 81.4% (469^th of 1072)