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Seagate (ExtHD)

FA GoFlex Desk 480GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 73.4% (7th of 639)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0bc2 PID 50a0 Model: Seagate FA GoFlex Desk
Poor: 23%Average: 73.4% Great: 155%

Good average bench

The Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 480GB averaged 26.6% 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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 32.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 480GB is 132%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 89.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 54.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 773.4%
Min Avg Max
32.6 Read 89.1 140
12.3 Write 54.2 97.8
19.8 Mixed 66.9 159
12.2 SusWrite 115 237
110% 81.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5 4K Read 10.1 16.7
0.4 4K Write 11.8 25.9
0.7 4K Mixed 10.3 20.6
789% 10.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.5 DQ Read 17.5 20.5
19.7 DQ Write 32.5 38.9
14.5 DQ Mixed 21.9 25.7
1,916% 24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
359GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 235 235 234 236 234 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 140
Write 97.8
Mixed 159
SusWrite 235
221% 158 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 20.6
1,644% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.5
DQ Write 38.9
DQ Mixed 25.7
2,273% 28.4 MB/s
359GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 236 237 235 236 239 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 124
Write 93.7
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 237
186% 134 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 15.2
4K Mixed 20.5
1,256% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 20.5
DQ Write 38.9
DQ Mixed 25.6
2,270% 28.3 MB/s
447GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
112% Outstanding
Read 130
Write 123
Mixed 129
164% 127 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 20.8
4K Mixed 9.95
1,092% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 16.2
DQ Write 26.4
DQ Mixed 10.3
1,307% 17.6 MB/s
70GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 10 6.6 8 11 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 35.4
Write 37.5
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 18.2
43% 31.9 MB/s
4K Read 10.7
4K Write 15.9
4K Mixed 12.7
1,012% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 11.5
DQ Write 19.7
DQ Mixed 14.5
1,206% 15.2 MB/s
110GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 75 78 82 81 84 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 87
Write 57.2
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 71.3
97% 73.1 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 6.9
4K Mixed 2.9
352% 4.93 MB/s
6GB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s
23% Poor
Read 115
Write 12.3
Mixed 19.8
SusWrite 12.2
37% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.7
76% 3.83 MB/s
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