Average Bench: 89.3% (26th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: IBM-ESXS ST3600057SS
Poor: 71%Average: 89.3% Great: 113%

Very good average bench

The Ibm-esxs ST3600057SS 600GB averaged just 10.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ibm-esxs ST3600057SS 600GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Min Avg Max
181 Read 191 199
72.5 Write 126 190
86.2 Mixed 96.3 107
67.1 SusWrite 120 194
98.1% 133 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.3 4K Read 1.4 1.5
1.1 4K Write 2.58 4
1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 1.8
273% 1.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
559GB free
Firmware: BA58
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 195 194 194 194 MB/s
Read 199
Write 190
Mixed 107
SusWrite 194
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 1.8
337% 2.43 MB/s
520GB free
Firmware: BA59
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 143 141 140 142 MB/s
Read 190
Write 168
Mixed 103
SusWrite 142
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1.6
304% 2.27 MB/s
559GB free
Firmware: BA58
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s
Read 195
Write 75.3
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 76.4
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.3
227% 1.33 MB/s
361GB free
Firmware: BA5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 36 73 74 74 MB/s
Read 181
Write 72.5
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 67.1
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1.3
223% 1.27 MB/s

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