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WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 69% (131st of 1015)

more Based on 1,942 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00ZF5A0, WDC WD7500AZEX-22RKKA0, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00BN5, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00ZF5, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00RKK, WDC WD7500AZEX-00RKK, WDC WD7500AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD7500AZEX-00ZF5, WDC WD7500AZEX-00BN5, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00BN5A0, WDC WD7500AZEX-08M2NA0, WDC WD7500AZEX-00BN5A0, WD7500AZEX-54VJNY0, WDC WD75 00AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD7500AZEX-32BN5A0, WDC WD7500AZEX-0
Poor: 40%Average: 69% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB averaged 30.9% 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 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.45MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,942 samples)
Rank 13169%
Min Avg Max
64.2 Read 127 173
65.4 Write 117 158
39.8 Mixed 71.5 103
48.8 SusWrite 113 161
78.8% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.04 1.4
0.7 4K Write 2.45 3.1
0.5 4K Mixed 0.97 1.2
196% 1.49 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
631GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 176 174 175 174 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 169
Mixed 87.6
SusWrite 174
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.77 MB/s
692GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 154 153 152 153 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 148
Mixed 69.1
SusWrite 153
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.57 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 151 148 150 MB/s
84.5% Excellent
Read 144
Write 127
Mixed 82.9
SusWrite 150
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.7 MB/s
509GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 141 142 142 142 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 136
Write 124
Mixed 73.6
SusWrite 142
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.67 MB/s
696GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 119 119 120 121 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 111
Write 116
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 120
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.27 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 82 99 114 97 109 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 125
Write 104
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 101
73% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.67 MB/s
13GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 111 113 112 113 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 72.6
Write 79.2
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 113
56% 77 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.4 MB/s
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Gaming 81%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 67%
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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Pro4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,204x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples510x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples486x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples295x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples276x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples236x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples102x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples94x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples85x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples157x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $565

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