Seagate Seven 500 GB External HDD Review
How We Tested
Contents
As we have no other 500 GB external hard disk drive on our laboratory to run a comparative benchmark, we tested the Seagate Seven with CrystalDiskMark 3 and ran the same test on a 2.5-inch Toshiba MQ01ABD050 hard disk drive, connected to an USB 3.0 port using the interface that comes with the Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB External HDD. So, we could have an idea of Seven’s performance compared to other drive with similar capacity and rotational speed, connected to the same interface, even not being a direct competitor product.
Hardware configuration
- Processor: Core i7-5960X @ 3.5 GHz
- Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
- Memory: 16 GiB DDR4-2400/PC4-19200, four G.Skill F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 4 GiB modules
- Boot drive: Kingston HyperX Predator 480 GiB
- Video display: Samsung U28D590D
- Power Supply: Corsair CX750
Software configuration
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- Desktop resolution: 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
Drivers versions
- Intel USB 3.0 driver: 3.0.0.20
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.