Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB External HDD Review
How We Tested
Contents
We tested the Seagate Backup Plus using DiskSpeed32 and CrystalDiskMark programs. We also ran the tests on a Toshiba Canvio 3.0 1 TB external hard disk drive (USB 3.0), on a Western Digital WD10EARS 3.5” 1 TB internal hard disk drive (Caviar Green, SATA-300, 5,400 rpm), and on a Seagate Momentus ST1000LM024 2.5” 1 TB internal hard disk drive (SATA-300, 5,400 rpm), identical to the drive we found inside the Backup Plus.
The external drives were connected to a USB 3.0 port, and the internal ones were connected to a SATA-600 port. The only variable component between each benchmarking session was the hard drive being tested.
Hardware Configuration
- Processor: Core i5-2500K
- Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
- Memory: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper (DDR3-1600/PC3-12800), configured at 1,600 MHz
- Boot drive: Mushkin Chronos 120 GB
- Video card: MSI GeForce GT 210 1 GB
- Video resolution: 1920×1080
- Video monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2470HN
- Power supply: Seventeam ST-550P-AM
- Case: Cooler Master HAF 922
Operating System Configuration
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
Software Used
Error Margin
We adopted a 3% error margin in our tests, meaning performance differences of less than 3% can’t be considered meaningful. Therefore, when the performance difference between two products is less than 3%, we consider them to have similar performance.