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Seagate ST6000DM001

Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 90.2% (28th of 1015)

more Based on 634 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000DM001-1XY17Z, ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM 001-1YW11C, ST6000DM ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM001-1YW1, ST6000DM001-1YW11C
Poor: 58%Average: 90.2% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) averaged just 9.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) is 56.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 89.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 634 samples)
Rank 2890.2%
Min Avg Max
97 Read 160 207
73.6 Write 135 182
56.4 Mixed 89.2 148
80.1 SusWrite 156 203
99.2% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.3 1.6
1.5 4K Write 2.1 2.5
0.29 4K Mixed 0.83 1.1
185% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 194 198 200 204 207 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 164
Mixed 93.2
SusWrite 200
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.47 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 135 135 134 135 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 131
Write 108
Mixed 79
SusWrite 134
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 67 63 75 81 77 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 132
Write 99
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 79.2
73% 98.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 65 78 73 69 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 125
Write 96.8
Mixed 86.4
SusWrite 69.9
70% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.33 MB/s
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Gaming 106%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 98%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $440Bench 82%, 12,597 samples247x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $574Bench 84%, 20,460 samples122x
Core i7-7740XIntel  $350Bench 89%, 3,679 samples83x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 130%, 520,688 samples140x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 664,411 samples104x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,300Bench 172%, 176,241 samples91x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 217%, 106,004 samples44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $185Bench 322%, 97,379 samples39x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 291%, 157,338 samples34x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 143,092 samples24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 35,851 samples19x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 16,304 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $1,388

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