Wl6000gs

A6457 6TB

A6457 6TB
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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average Score -10%Read -15%, Write -6%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 35%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -49%Peak Score -2%Read -16%, Write -17%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 69%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -85%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +30% Age 30%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 73.6% (115^th of 1015)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: WL6000GS A6457

Poor: 54%Average: 73.6% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Wl6000gs A6457 6TB averaged 26.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.52MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.34MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 101MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 107MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 11573.6%

Min	Avg	Max
91.5	Read 135	171
94.5	Write 129	154
60.7	Mixed 107	158
97.5	SusWrite 101	105
87.5% 118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.63	4K Read 0.9	1.05
1	4K Write 2.34	3
0.23	4K Mixed 0.52	1.1
139% 1.26 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 6 years ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: 01.0

89.5% Excellent

Write 154

Mixed 158

118% 156 MB/s

4K Read 1.05

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 0.29

128% 1.38 MB/s

USA-User, 7 years ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 80.0

89% Excellent

Write 155

Mixed 116

106% 142 MB/s

4K Read 0.76

4K Write 2.53

4K Mixed 0.29

110% 1.19 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 03.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 106 105 105 105 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 148

Mixed 79.2

SusWrite 105

89% 121 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 1.1

220% 1.7 MB/s

USA-User, 6 years ago.

148GB free

Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 101

Mixed 108

79% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.63

4K Write 2.36

4K Mixed 0.23

96% 1.07 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 101 101 93 97 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 94.5

Mixed 60.7

SusWrite 97.5

63% 86.1 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 0.7

138% 0.9 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 35%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Biostar N61PC-M2S

CPU
Sempron 140AMD $9Bench 35%, 2,532 samples	3x
Athlon 7750AMDBench 39%, 2,273 samples	3x
Athlon II X4 645AMDBench 46%, 5,346 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples	6x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6500AMDBench 4%, 1,367 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 75%, 79 samples	2x
PLUS 240 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 29 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	4x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	3x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $9

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Wl6000gs

A6457 6TB

Average Bench: 73.6% (115^th of 1015)

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A6457 6TB

Average Bench: 73.6% (115th of 1015)

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