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Seagate Backup Plus Slim External USB 3.0 2TB Hard Drive Review
Seagate Backup Plus Slim External USB 3.0 2TB Hard Drive Review - PCSTATS
The Backup Plus Slim is a self-contained 2.5" SATA-600 interface hard drive in a black aluminum and plastic enclosure which connects via USB 3.0 cable to any PC or Mac computer.
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HDD Benchmarks: HD Tune Pro Read / Write

HD Tune Pro 3.5 Source: HD TUNE

HD Tune Pro is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as: write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark. The benchmark measures raw performance in a couple different ways to measure a hard drive for Read and Write tests, which are conducted separately. To read the results below consider that highest minimum/maximum/average transfer rates are better, while lower (quicker) access times are best. Lastly, highest burst rates are better.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportHD Tune 4.6 - Read Tests
Read Average Transfer Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 90.2
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 117.9
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 111.8
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 86.1
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 117.5
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 110.2
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 90.7
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 84
Read Access Time: (ms) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 17.8
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 12.2
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 12
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 12.2
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 26.8
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 16.6
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 0.615
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 16.9
Read Burst Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 175.6
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 182.3
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 176.5
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 134.4
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 367.6
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 312.4
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 155.9
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 183.5


In HDTune, the 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim external USB 3.0 drive achieves a READ Burst Rate of 175.6MB/s, an Average Read transfer rate of 90.2Mb/s and a Max Read Transfer rate of 113MB/s. Access time is 17.8ms. Average read transfer rates are a little sluggish... next let's see what the write test results look like.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportHD Tune 4.6 - Write Tests
Write Average Transfer Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 89.3
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 116.3
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 108.9
Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD 85.4
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 112.5
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 105.1
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 86.5
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 80.9
Write Access Time: (ms) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 17.3
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 5.9
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 4.4
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 17.9
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 8.03
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 15.8
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 9.05
Write Burst Rate: (MB/s) Points Ranking
Seagate BackupPlus 2TB USB3 External 130.8
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 HDD 159.3
Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD 157.1
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD 339.3
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD 189
Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD 250
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD 177.4

Here we see the 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim external USB 3.0 drive performs at about the same pace: Burst Write speed is 130MB/s, Average Write speed is 89MB/s and access time is 171.3 ms. Clearly not record shattering compared to internal drives, but not out-of-the-ballpark-slow either.

Next up, Sandra 2012 HDD results.

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Contents of Article: Seagate STDR2000100
 Pg 1.  Seagate Backup Plus Slim External USB 3.0 2TB Hard Drive Review
 Pg 2.  360-Degree Product View
 Pg 3.  Storage Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 4.  — HDD Benchmarks: HD Tune Pro Read / Write
 Pg 5.  HDD Benchmarks: Sandra 2012, HD Tach
 Pg 6.  File Transfer Test & Conclusions

 
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