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USB 3.0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 71.3% (120th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB 3.0
Poor: 17%Average: 71.3% Great: 130%

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Good average bench

The External USB 3.0 6TB averaged 28.6% 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 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.42MB/s

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 80.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 122MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 12071.3%
Min Avg Max
26.8 Read 124 236
22.5 Write 122 245
21.2 Mixed 80.9 147
22.9 SusWrite 123 243
82.8% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 2.42 7.5
1.5 4K Write 3.84 7.8
0.6 4K Mixed 1.02 1.8
286% 2.43 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 182 187 184 191 MB/s
79.7% Very good
Read 92.2
Write 86.2
Mixed 108
SusWrite 184
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.6
283% 2.77 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s
27% Poor
Read 54.2
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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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,913,453 HDDs tested

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Gaming 7%
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Workstation 6%
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System: HP ProBook 450 G5

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples1,038x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples691x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples76x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples1,531x
930MXNvidiaBench 8%, 7,330 samples233x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples125x
SSD
hynix PC401 HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBSKBench 111%, 5,344 samples218x
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel  $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples121x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples82x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples145x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples93x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples79x
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