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Maxtor

6B200M0 200GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 29.5% (744th of 1015)

Based on 198 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6B200M0
Poor: 20%Average: 29.5% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6B200M0 200GB averaged 70.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.4MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6B200M0 200GB is just 16.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6B200M0 200GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 50.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 198 samples)
Rank 74429.5%
Min Avg Max
33.6 Read 50.3 62
35.8 Write 53.3 64.5
26.7 Mixed 40.2 58.8
33.7 SusWrite 52.3 63.2
36.2% 49 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.55 0.7
1.63 4K Write 2.99 4.1
0.14 4K Mixed 0.4 0.8
122% 1.31 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 62 61 61 61 MB/s
35.6% Below average
Read 62.6
Write 62.3
Mixed 37.7
SusWrite 61
41% 55.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.23 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 53 53 53 54 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 58.4
Write 64.7
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 53.2
39% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.4
140% 1.6 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 49 49 50 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 59.1
Write 63.9
Mixed 37
SusWrite 49.4
38% 52.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.5
161% 1.77 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 47 47 47 47 MB/s
29.8% Poor
Read 56.1
Write 61.4
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 47.2
37% 50.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.2 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 36 32 38 38 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 57.2
Write 63.4
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 36.6
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.4
118% 1.2 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: BANC1B10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 50 49 49 49 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 37.3
Write 42.9
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 49.3
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.1 MB/s
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Desktop 96%
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Core i7-8700KIntel  $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,690x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples834x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples172x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples334x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples228x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples124x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples123x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples218x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples112x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $957

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