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Seagate ST6000DM001

Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 90.9% (20th of 1015)

more Based on 665 user benchmarks.  Models: ST6000DM001-1XY17Z, ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM 001-1YW11C, ST6000DM ST6000DM001-1XY1, ST6000DM001-1YW1, ST6000DM001-1YW11C
Poor: 56%Average: 90.9% Great: 117%

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Excellent average bench

The Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015) averaged just 9.0% 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 0.92MB/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 61.4%. 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 82.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 665 samples)
Rank 2090.9%
Min Avg Max
92.7 Read 162 209
70.7 Write 135 188
48.6 Mixed 82.5 101
92.5 SusWrite 155 204
97.9% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.31 1.6
1.49 4K Write 2.1 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.92 1.1
195% 1.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 205 202 202 205 202 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 191
Mixed 93.1
SusWrite 203
125% 171 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
197% 1.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 170 172 172 171 172 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 149
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 169
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
186% 1.47 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 175 175 174 174 175 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 136
Mixed 88.6
SusWrite 172
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 179 181 180 180 180 MB/s
93.9% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 121
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 177
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
168% 1.37 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 129 126 120 113 119 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 102
Write 75.9
Mixed 76.6
SusWrite 117
69% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.73 MB/s
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Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $400Bench 82%, 29,550 samples100x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $288Bench 79%, 18,480 samples87x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $699Bench 83%, 14,853 samples32x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,089Bench 136%, 754,041 samples104x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,376Bench 174%, 289,499 samples44x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 105%, 417,182 samples33x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $155Bench 298%, 258,279 samples19x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 268%, 67,190 samples19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 266%, 342,462 samples18x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 35,716 samples115x
2x8GBUnknownBench 60%, 202,400 samples46x
2x16GBUnknownBench 77%, 17,561 samples35x
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