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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 80.3% (78th of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: FD Fantom
Poor: 12%Average: 80.3% Great: 124%

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Very good average bench

The FD Fantom 6TB averaged just 19.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the FD Fantom 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.86MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.63MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the FD Fantom 6TB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the FD Fantom 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 7880.3%
Min Avg Max
12.4 Read 144 222
11.5 Write 127 213
14.6 Mixed 63.2 93.5
10 SusWrite 135 221
85.5% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 2.03 6.4
0.6 4K Write 4.63 7.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.86 1.3
266% 2.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 228 228 224 231 219 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 211
Write 205
Mixed 92.5
SusWrite 221
133% 182 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.6
311% 3.27 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 204 215 208 208 216 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 211
Write 213
Mixed 79.4
SusWrite 210
130% 178 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.9
337% 3.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 207 216 215 207 215 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 207
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 212
129% 177 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 1
326% 3.2 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 203 200 195 195 200 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 178
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 198
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
335% 2.57 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 166 174 166 168 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 154
Mixed 67
SusWrite 169
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.7
214% 2.27 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 61 62 61 61 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 222
Write 59.8
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 61.3
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 1.1
311% 3.1 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 62 61 62 61 MB/s
80.3% Excellent
Read 216
Write 62.5
Mixed 74
SusWrite 61.5
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 0.9
298% 3.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,352,118 HDDs tested

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Typical Fantom 6TB Builds (Compare 8,199 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 184%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 201%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $475

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,919x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,342x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples1,106x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,105x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples880x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples612x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples847x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples707x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples421x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples434x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples187x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $82Bench 95%, 56,114 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,752

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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