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ST6000DM004-2EH1 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 110% (1st of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID ST6000DM004-2EH1
Poor: 75%Average: 110% Great: 129%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid ST6000DM004-2EH1 6TB averaged 10.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid ST6000DM004-2EH1 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.23MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid ST6000DM004-2EH1 6TB is 54.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid ST6000DM004-2EH1 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 78.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 183MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 1110%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 197 226
88 Write 183 220
40.5 Mixed 78.3 106
81.4 SusWrite 183 226
117% 160 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.9 4K Read 14.3 21.5
3.5 4K Write 4.62 5
1.1 4K Mixed 1.23 1.4
816% 6.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 224 227 227 228 224 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 215
Mixed 97.5
SusWrite 226
139% 191 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.2
829% 6.83 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 224 227 228 228 225 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 220
Mixed 96.8
SusWrite 226
139% 190 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.3
833% 6.87 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 210 214 215 214 215 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 221
Write 204
Mixed 106
SusWrite 212
136% 185 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 1.4
899% 7.3 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 210 208 215 215 204 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 196
Mixed 104
SusWrite 209
132% 181 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.3
806% 6.63 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 204 205 206 207 205 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 181
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 204
118% 163 MB/s
4K Read 7.7
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.2
541% 4.53 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 85 71 49 64 60 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 171
Write 159
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 81.4
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 1.1
1,056% 8.63 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: DN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 109 123 108 114 106 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 101
Write 88
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 112
62% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.1
808% 6.5 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Motherboard: Asrock X399 Taichi

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Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples155x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD  $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples115x
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD  $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples103x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples47x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples36x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples27x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples28x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples20x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL  $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $918

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