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Seagate

ST9600204SS 600GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 67% (146th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: SEAGATE ST9600204SS
Poor: 37%Average: 67% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Seagate ST9600204SS 600GB averaged 33.0% 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 0.98MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.08MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST9600204SS 600GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST9600204SS 600GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 76.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 14667%
Min Avg Max
85.2 Read 157 238
42.5 Write 76.5 132
43.7 Mixed 65.1 72.9
44.5 SusWrite 76.5 129
68.8% 93.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.08 1.3
0.6 4K Write 1.5 2.9
0.7 4K Mixed 0.98 1.2
182% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
329GB free
Firmware: FM08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 61 59 60 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 238
Write 58.2
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 59.7
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.73 MB/s
559GB free
Firmware: XRFB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 128 129 130 129 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 132
Write 132
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 129
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
227% 1.67 MB/s
9GB free
Firmware: FM08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 53 53 53 53 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 177
Write 54.5
Mixed 66
SusWrite 53.1
65% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.07 MB/s
9GB free
Firmware: FM08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 52 41 41 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 182
Write 57.2
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 48.8
65% 88.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.03 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,352,920 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,018x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples924x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples597x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples574x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples335x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples324x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples253x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples176x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples434x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples296x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples136x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $524

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