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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

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%
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 165 165 165 163 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 159
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 164
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
186% 1.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 169 166 170 169 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 124
Mixed 81
SusWrite 168
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
186% 1.47 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 199 202 200 202 202 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 134
Write 131
Mixed 94.1
SusWrite 199
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
187% 1.37 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 138 125 141 147 143 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 36.3
Mixed 27.1
SusWrite 136
69% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
197% 1.33 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 175 177 174 177 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 94.9
Write 174
Mixed 67
SusWrite 176
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
165% 1.27 MB/s
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Gaming 150%
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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  $240Bench 101%, 65,651 samples1,589x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $275Bench 97%, 198,859 samples784x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $181Bench 99%, 43,966 samples781x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples817x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples658x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $309Bench 128%, 442,467 samples587x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 385%, 327,441 samples430x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples377x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples288x
RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples200x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples170x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $757

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