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S600 HARD DRIVE 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 87.6% (35th of 1015)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Model: GENERIC S600 HARD DRIVE
Poor: 60%Average: 87.6% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Generic S600 HARD DRIVE 6TB averaged just 12.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Generic S600 HARD DRIVE 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.48MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic S600 HARD DRIVE 6TB is 50.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Generic S600 HARD DRIVE 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.48MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 3587.6%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 157 203
98.5 Write 152 201
38 Mixed 91 172
98.2 SusWrite 148 194
100% 137 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.67 4K Read 1.48 2.3
0.79 4K Write 1.48 1.7
0.34 4K Mixed 0.89 1.1
188% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 188 167 180 187 181 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 185
Mixed 35.2
SusWrite 179
106% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.1
196% 1.23 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 193 186 184 192 190 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 163
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 188
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
192% 1.33 MB/s
704GB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 178 171 177 172 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 155
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 174
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 155 158 153 150 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 127
Write 133
Mixed 77
SusWrite 155
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 145 148 145 150 145 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 133
Write 135
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 147
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FS2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 140 147 145 149 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 114
Write 127
Mixed 68.4
SusWrite 140
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.17 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 178%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 177%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples327x
Core i9-10900KIntel  $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples210x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples199x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples136x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples134x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples94x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples110x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples42x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $1,283

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