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Seagate ST6000VX0023

SkyHawk 6TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 68.7% (136th of 1015)

Based on 49 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000VX0023-2EF110, ST6000VX 0023-2EF110, ST6000VX0023-2EF, ST6000VX ST6000VX0023-2EF
Poor: 32%Average: 68.7% Great: 109%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016) averaged 31.2% 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 Read Speed 3.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016) is 77.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49 samples)
Rank 13668.7%
Min Avg Max
19 Read 113 207
21 Write 125 216
7.3 Mixed 71.1 118
42.9 SusWrite 126 216
79.7% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 3.71 7.8
0.6 4K Write 2.51 5.2
0 4K Mixed 0.73 1.5
282% 2.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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Typical SkyHawk 6TB (2016) Builds (Compare 8,845 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 62%
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Desktop
Desktop 108%
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Workstation
Workstation 82%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $340Bench 92%, 380,080 samples3,306x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $245Bench 91%, 144,464 samples1,934x
Core i5-8400Intel  $194Bench 79%, 134,689 samples1,150x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples1,278x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples936x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples448x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 507,744 samples402x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 273%, 142,223 samples287x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples585x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 91%, 11,957 samples210x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 87%, 164,531 samples203x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $910

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