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Seagate

USB 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 32% (1003rd of 1072)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate USB
Poor: 16%Average: 32% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Seagate USB 120GB averaged 67.9% 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 Random Read Speed 15.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate USB 120GB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Seagate USB 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 77.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 75.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 100332%
Min Avg Max
30.8 Read 176 270
9.3 Write 124 256
14.7 Mixed 128 264
28.5 SusWrite 77.9 155
28.3% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.3 4K Read 15.3 24.8
10 4K Write 26.3 38.8
0.2 4K Mixed 12.8 27.6
53.5% 18.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.9 DQ Read 75.5 162
13.2 DQ Write 64.1 141
6.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 109
36.9% 59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free
Firmware: 0835
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 226 224 226 228 228 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 200
Write 209
Mixed 190
SusWrite 227
47% 207 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 13.6
64% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 62.5
DQ Write 67.1
DQ Mixed 56.8
45% 62.1 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: 050B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 44 39 36 44 42 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 237
Write 225
Mixed 228
SusWrite 42.9
41% 183 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 22.2
80% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 74.8
67% 102 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 59 52 53 50 45 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 233
Write 119
Mixed 188
SusWrite 83.3
35% 156 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 16.8
65% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 60.5
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 56.4
44% 60.7 MB/s
35GB free
Firmware: 0410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 22 26 29 31 24 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 156
Write 41.4
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 27.8
15% 68.5 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 10.8
49% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 19.1
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 18.9
13% 16.8 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 2609
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 75 87 93 92 94 MB/s
22.4% Poor
Read 122
Write 94.7
Mixed 113
SusWrite 88.6
24% 104 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 9.8
33% 10 MB/s
DQ Read 41
DQ Write 40.9
DQ Mixed 47.5
34% 43.1 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 0836
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 38 41 MB/s
17.1% Very poor
Read 41.6
Write 40.5
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 40
9% 40.6 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 14.5
4K Mixed 8.6
40% 12.4 MB/s
DQ Read 23.8
DQ Write 21.3
DQ Mixed 12.5
12% 19.2 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples384x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples106x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 48%, 1 sample1x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 86%, 3,561 samples219x
RTX 2080S (Super Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 93%, 3,436 samples162x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples73x
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USB 120GBSeagateBench 32%, 33 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples135x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples105x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples54x
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