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Seagate ST6000DM001

Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 90.3% (21st of 1015)

more Based on 691 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000DM001-1XY17Z, ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM 001-1YW11C, ST6000DM ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM ST6000DM001-1YW1, ST6000DM001-1YW1, ST6000DM001-1YW11C
Poor: 55%Average: 90.3% Great: 117%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) averaged just 9.6% 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 0.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.31MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) is 62.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 81.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 134MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 691 samples)
Rank 2190.3%
Min Avg Max
92.9 Read 162 209
71.6 Write 134 186
51.6 Mixed 81.9 99.9
82.5 SusWrite 153 204
97.2% 133 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.63 4K Read 1.31 1.5
1.41 4K Write 2.1 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 1.1
193% 1.43 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 167 200 199 200 199 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 150
Mixed 89
SusWrite 194
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.5 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 183 184 184 183 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 153
Mixed 88.4
SusWrite 183
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
171% 1.37 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: DN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 181 184 182 180 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 147
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 180
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 1
332% 2.8 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 199 197 199 200 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 130
Mixed 82
SusWrite 199
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.3 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,201x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples902x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples698x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples491x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples470x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples308x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples255x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples216x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples286x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples222x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples161x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $745

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