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Red Pro 6TB (2015)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 99.8% (5th of 1015)

Based on 995 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD6002FFWX-68TZ4N0, WDC WD6002FFWX-6, WDC WD60 02FFWX-68TZ4, WDC WD60 02FFWX-68TZ4N0, WDC WD6002FFWX-68TZ4
Poor: 64%Average: 99.8% Great: 122%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Red Pro 6TB (2015) averaged just 0.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red Pro 6TB (2015) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.72MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red Pro 6TB (2015) is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red Pro 6TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.96MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 995 samples)
Rank 599.8%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 173 214
105 Write 177 219
55.5 Mixed 75.1 87.7
104 SusWrite 174 215
109% 150 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.96 1.1
2.7 4K Write 4.8 6.34
0.5 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
209% 2.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 214 212 221 211 217 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 217
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 215
132% 182 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.7
234% 2.63 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 167 162 158 169 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 199
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 165
116% 160 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.8
242% 2.6 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 162 161 169 165 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 144
Write 155
Mixed 73.6
SusWrite 165
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.6
178% 1.87 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 128 124 124 127 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 119
Write 71.3
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 125
71% 96.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.7
209% 2.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 127 126 128 130 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 105
Write 110
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 129
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.5
197% 2.33 MB/s
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Gaming 92%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples277x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples191x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples193x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples155x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples115x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples88x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples53x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $855

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