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WD WD3000FYYZ

Re 3TB (2012)

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Release date: Q2 2012.

Average Bench: 80.4% (78th of 1015)

more Based on 2,104 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL0B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B3, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-48J7HB1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-90UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-12, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B20, WDC WD3000FYYZ-D, WDC WD3000FYYZ-36UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-50UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-05UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-05UL1, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-05UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B3, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B1, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-31UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-50UL1B0, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B3, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B2

The WD Re is an enterprise grade Hard Drive which is able to handle up to 550 TB of data transfers per year. The Re drive has a solid performance profile but it only matches its significantly cheaper WD Black desktop counterpart. Both the Black and the Re have five year warranties and both drives are available in capacities up to 4TB. Comparing the 2013 2TB WD Black and the 3TB Re shows that the two drives have a similar performance profiles with effective speeds of around 130 MBps. Considering that the equivalent capacity black is around 15% cheaper there is, unsurprisingly, little incentive for most consumers to consider the enterprise Re. [Oct '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 53%Average: 80.4% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The WD Re 3TB (2012) averaged just 19.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Re 3TB (2012) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.13MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Re 3TB (2012) is 43.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Re 3TB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,104 samples)
Rank 7880.4%
Min Avg Max
98 Read 144 176
84.1 Write 133 160
45.8 Mixed 84.2 104
48.4 SusWrite 135 164
91.2% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.8 1
1.36 4K Write 3.13 3.7
0.7 4K Mixed 1.02 1.2
205% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 162 163 163 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 160
Mixed 106
SusWrite 162
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.83 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 168 166 168 165 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 157
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 166
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.9
205% 1.77 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 154 154 156 155 MB/s
91.6% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 147
Mixed 100
SusWrite 154
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.83 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 153 152 153 153 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 155
Write 150
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 152
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
218% 1.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 135 137 135 136 134 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 170
Write 154
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 134
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1
217% 1.87 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 139 140 139 137 MB/s
80.7% Excellent
Read 142
Write 132
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 139
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
209% 1.77 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $201 @ launch in May '12
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,767x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,850x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,114x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples523x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples751x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $548

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