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Seagate ST6000VX0023

SkyHawk 6TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 69% (132nd of 1015)

Based on 139 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000VX0023-2EF110, ST6000VX 0023-2EF110, ST6000VX0023-2EF, ST6000VX ST6000VX0023-2EF
Poor: 10%Average: 69% Great: 108%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016) averaged 31.0% 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 4.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016) is 97.6%. 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 67.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 107MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 139 samples)
Rank 13269%
Min Avg Max
4.5 Read 107 209
8.5 Write 118 204
3.7 Mixed 67.6 99.1
7.1 SusWrite 132 204
77.8% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 4.89 8
0 4K Write 2.69 4.5
0 4K Mixed 0.88 1.5
352% 2.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 127 124 136 124 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 117
Write 112
Mixed 105
SusWrite 124
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.7
300% 2.6 MB/s
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI H510M-A PRO (MS-7D22)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,887x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $80Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,416x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples1,035x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples957x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $150Bench 43%, 259,091 samples714x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples572x
SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples359x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples219x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial  $47Bench 166%, 55,360 samples158x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 91%, 47,229 samples341x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples317x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples296x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $376

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