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Seagate ST6000DX000

Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 90.5% (20th of 1015)

Based on 1,278 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000DX000-1H217Z, ST6000DX 000-1H217Z, ST6000DX000-1H21, ST6000DX ST6000DX000-1H21
Poor: 48%Average: 90.5% Great: 118%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014) averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.2MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014) is 70.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 81.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,278 samples)
Rank 2090.5%
Min Avg Max
66.7 Read 157 211
69.5 Write 135 186
48.5 Mixed 81.2 97.3
68.8 SusWrite 159 208
97.3% 133 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.2 1.4
1.5 4K Write 2.14 2.4
0.6 4K Mixed 0.89 1.1
189% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 205 205 204 204 205 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 156
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 201
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.53 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 190 192 194 196 195 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 181
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 190
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
174% 1.43 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 107 107 106 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 177
Write 167
Mixed 89.3
SusWrite 104
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.1
208% 1.33 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 125 110 152 131 113 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 60.6
Write 107
Mixed 64
SusWrite 123
65% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
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Desktop 106%
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Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples1,510x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples753x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples742x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples772x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples561x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples363x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples276x
RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples146x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $747

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