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USB 3.0 6TB

6TB
BENCHMARKS (24)
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score +16% Read -23%, Write -16%, 4K Read 84%, 4K Write 78%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite -26%Peak Score +107% Read 18%, Write 30%, 4K Read 338%, 4K Write 211%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 76%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +80% Age 80%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 71% (123^rd of 1015)

Based on 24 user benchmarks. Model: External USB 3.0

Poor: 17%Average: 71% Great: 130%

Popular builds with this HDD

HP ProBook 450 G5 (1)

Good average bench

The External USB 3.0 6TB averaged 29.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 1.04MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.39MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB 3.0 6TB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the External USB 3.0 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)

Rank 12371%

Min	Avg	Max
26.8	Read 126	236
22.5	Write 124	245
21.2	Mixed 79.8	147
22.9	SusWrite 120	243
82.6% 112 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 2.39	7.5
1.5	4K Write 3.82	7.8
0.6	4K Mixed 1.04	1.8
286% 2.42 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BWA-User, 10 months ago.

5.5TB free

Firmware: 0104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 174 174 177 173 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 159

Mixed 82.3

SusWrite 173

108% 148 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.9

182% 1.43 MB/s

RUS-User, 8 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 0104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s

27% Poor

Write 36.5

Mixed 30

SusWrite 38.8

29% 39.9 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.8

212% 1.7 MB/s

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 6%

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System: HP ProBook 450 G5

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	1,013x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	663x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	72x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	1,486x
930MXNvidiaBench 8%, 7,330 samples	226x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	119x

SSD
hynix PC401 HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBSKBench 111%, 5,344 samples	214x
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	118x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	78x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	142x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	90x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples	79x

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Average Bench: 71% (123rd of 1015)

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