As 4K video recording and high-resolution photo shooting become more and more popular, the demand for hard disk capacity naturally increases. Therefore, in response to the demand for large-capacity storage, Seagate recently launched a new mobile hard disk with a capacity of up to 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive. Seagate's 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive is equipped with the highest capacity ST5000LM000 5TB hard drive in Barracuda's 2.5-inch series, and has a built-in 128MB cache AD5206BRU100 memory, with a transfer speed of up to 140MB/s. In addition, Seagate not only provides a three-year hardware warranty service for this hard drive, but also allows users to purchase its own Rescue data rescue service for $9.99 for two years or $14.99 for three years, providing users with a more complete hard drive warranty option.

The 5TB version of the Backup Plus mobile hard drive launched by Seagate this time looks quite lightweight, and it can also be seen on the box that this hard drive also provides OneDrive cloud space with a capacity of 200GB for two years, allowing users to have one more data backup application option. .

Seagate Backup Plus mobile hard disk can not only support computers with Windows and MacOS system platforms, but also provide dedicated backup software for mobile devices with Android and iOS system platforms, which can back up data on mobile devices through network transmission. to the mobile hard drive.

There is a special mark on the top of the outer box that Seagate this mobile hard drive is a three-year limited hardware warranty service.

In addition to the hardware warranty, Seagate has recently launched the Rescue data rescue service for its own hard drive products, so that users in need can purchase them at an additional price. For this 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive, Seagate has launched two Rescue data rescue services for two years and three years. The prices are US$9.99 and US$14.99 respectively. As far as the rescue capacity of 5TB is concerned, this price is actually not a big deal. It is too expensive. If you have important storage data, you can also consider this rescue plan.

After opening the outer box, you can see the main body of the hard disk, the USB3.0 transmission cable and an instruction manual packed in an anti-collision plastic box.

The Seagate 5TB version of the Backup Plus mobile hard drive is available in four colors, including silver, blue, red, and black. This time, the red model tested is not made of metal shell, but through the imitation metal matte coating Dressed with Seagate's new style of silver LOGO embellishment, the actual texture is actually pretty good.

There is a thin LED backlight above the hard disk, mainly to allow users to check the operating status of the hard disk.

The Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive also uses the common micro USB3.0 transmission interface, and is also backward compatible with the Micro USB 2.0 transmission terminal.

Turning to the back, you can see that the bottom cover of the mobile hard disk has a special LOGO design with Seagate's new style, and the appearance looks quite distinctive. From the label sticker on the back, you can see that the 2.5-inch hard drive loaded in this mobile hard drive is made in China, while the mobile hard drive is assembled in Thailand.

The actual weight of the mobile hard drive is about 231 grams without wires.

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After actually connecting to the computer and checking it with the file manager, you can see that the formatted 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard disk of Seagate has a usable capacity of about 4.54TB, and the software for Windows and MacOS systems has been pre-stored in the hard disk, so that users can Install and use directly.

Through the CrystalDiskInfo software, we can see that this mobile hard disk is equipped with the highest capacity 5TB 2.5-inch hard disk in the Seagate Barracuda series. The detailed model is ST5000LM000. The Seagate Barracuda 5TB hard drive is equipped with a total of 5 discs, the speed specification reaches 5400 rpm, and is equipped with a 128MB cache memory. The official stated maximum transfer speed can reach 140MB per second. However, due to the large number of discs, the thickness specification of the Seagate Barracuda 5TB hard drive has also been increased to 15mm, which is slightly thicker than the general 2.5-inch hard drive with a capacity of less than 2TB.

●Seagate Dashboard backup software function introduction

Seagate Backup Plus mobile hard drive also provides a backup software called Dashboard, which can not only be used to back up data on the computer, but also supports mobile backup and social networking site backup, as well as support for cloud space integration, allowing users to A software can manage its other cloud space.

The part of PC backup can directly back up the user's files, music, pictures and video data or specify the folders that need to be backed up.

The mobile backup function provided in the Dashboard software mainly allows users to back up mobile device data to the hard disk through network transmission. Data can be uploaded and backed up to a mobile hard disk within a local area network. Before using the mobile backup function, users need to download the exclusive Seagate Mobile Backup application and install it on the mobile device, and then apply for a registered account through the application to enable it.

After applying for an account, then add a backup plan through the mobile device APP and select the file type to be backed up.

When the computer connected to the hard disk and the mobile device are in the same local area network, you can see the option of backing up the hard disk in the software page. Click and start the backup to start uploading the data of the mobile device to the hard disk through the network.

The social backup page mainly has two options: sharing and storage. The sharing option is to upload the data in the hard disk to the user's social networking website account, and the storage option is to save the pictures in the user's own social networking website account. Downloads and video data are stored on the hard drive.

Entering the sharing options, you can see the login options of social networking sites. Currently, this software only supports three social networking sites: facebook, filckr and YouTube.

As for the storage options, only two social networking sites, facebook and flickr, are supported.

The Dashboard software provided by Seagate also has an application that integrates cloud space, allowing users to directly back up the data in the hard disk to their own cloud space through this software, which provides more protection for the hard disk data. At present, this software supports three cloud spaces: Dropbox, Google Drive and One Drive, and users can choose and configure their commonly used cloud spaces.

●Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive performance test

After reading the software and hardware introduction of Seagate's 5TB hard drive, let's take a look at the actual transmission performance of the hard drive! Below is a list of hardware specifications for this collocation test, which is a reference for netizens!

◎Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K

◎Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS IX Apex

◎Memory: G.Skill DDR4-2666 4GBx2

◎System main hard drive: PLEXTOR M6s 256GB solid state drive

◎Power supply: Gigabyte ODIN 1200W

◎Operating system: Windows 10 64 bit

◆ATTO Benchmark performance test

When the test file length is 8192KB, the read and write performance of this mobile hard drive can reach about 107MB/s and 108MB/s respectively.

◆CrystalDiskMark performance test

When the test data is set to random, the sequential read and write performance test results of Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard disk are read 134MB/s, write 127.9MB/s; 4KB random read and write test results are read 0.486MB/s, Write speed 5.101MB/s.

When the test data is switched to 0Fill, the sequential read and write performance test results of the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard disk are 131.9MB/s read, 128.8MB/s write; 4KB random read and write test results are 0.489MB/s read, Write speed 5.324MB/s.

◆Fastcopy software actual transmission test

When using FastCopy software to test the actual writing performance of the hard drive, a single compressed file with a file size of about 4.6GB was selected and transferred from the computer to the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive. The transfer speed can reach about 121.4MB/s, and the transfer time It takes about 38.5 seconds. Then use FastCopy software to actually select a folder containing 456 photos from the computer, with a total capacity of about 4.7GB, when transferring to the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive, the transfer speed can reach about 65.32MB/s, and the transfer time takes about 72 seconds or so.

The FastCopy software was also used to test the actual read performance of the hard drive, and when a single compressed file with a file size of about 4.6GB was selected to transfer from the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive to the computer, the transfer speed could reach about 118.6MB/s. Then, using FastCopy software to actually select a folder containing 456 photos and a total capacity of about 4.7GB from the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard disk to transfer to the computer, the transfer speed can reach about 114.4MB/s, and the transfer time takes about 41.6 seconds or so.

●Trial summary

The main feature of the Seagate 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive is that it has a large capacity of 5TB, which is the highest capacity specification among the current 2.5-inch mobile hard drives. It is indeed quite convenient for users who need large-capacity storage. Storage device selection, and for this mobile hard drive Seagate, there is also a two-year or three-year Rescue data rescue service that can be purchased. If one day the hard drive is really accidentally hung up, at least the data can be rescued and one more hard drive can be saved. Assure. However, in terms of performance, due to the large number of discs in the hard disk itself, in addition to the thickness specification being thicker, in order to balance the operating temperature and performance of the hard disk, the rotational speed specification is only 5400 rpm, so the actual transmission speed performance Naturally, it will be a little lower than products equipped with 7200 RPM hard drives, which is a pity. As for the price, the actual channel price of Seagate's 5TB Backup Plus mobile hard drive is currently about NT$6,499, and the cost per TB is about NT$1,300, which is slightly lower than the C/P value of its own 4TB, unless it is true The large-capacity specification is very necessary, otherwise the 4TB Backup Plus mobile hard disk is relatively cost-effective.