WD WD50EZRX

Green 5TB (2014)

Green 5TB (2014)
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -8%Read -12%, Write -17%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -6%Read -9%, Write -18%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -17%, Market Share -32,944%, Price -105%, Value -21%Nice To Haves -5%Age -5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 76.9% (91^st of 1015)

Based on 1,889 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD50EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD50EZRX-11NWHB1, WDC WD50EZRX-11MVLB1, WDC WD50 EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD50EZRX-00M, WDC WD50EZRX-11M, WDC WD50EZRX-22KH5B1

Poor: 49%Average: 76.9% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The WD Green 5TB (2014) averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Green 5TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.94MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 5TB (2014) is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 5TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,889 samples)

Rank 9176.9%

Min	Avg	Max
85.5	Read 139	184
70	Write 123	159
41.7	Mixed 82	106
76.7	SusWrite 129	165
86.9% 118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.95	1.3
0.68	4K Write 2.5	3
0.5	4K Mixed 0.94	1.1
190% 1.46 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SWE-User, 19 days ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 160 160 161 161 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 146

Mixed 86.4

SusWrite 160

103% 141 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 1.1

232% 1.8 MB/s

AUS-User, 11 hrs ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 126 127 126 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 147

Mixed 97.8

SusWrite 126

94% 128 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.9

186% 1.43 MB/s

AUS-User, 22 days ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 122 121 122 124 MB/s

71.3% Very good

Write 113

Mixed 75

SusWrite 121

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

182% 1.37 MB/s

USA-User, 21 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 130 127 128 127 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 105

Mixed 76.6

SusWrite 128

78% 106 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

191% 1.43 MB/s

FRA-User, 12 days ago.

80GB free

Firmware: 80.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 102 122 129 117 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 111

Mixed 54.9

SusWrite 116

74% 102 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.9

200% 1.47 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 days ago.

4TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 115 126 146 146 139 MB/s

61.5% Good

Write 110

Mixed 61.6

SusWrite 135

71% 96.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.23 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

18GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 125 96 101 105 108 MB/s

61.3% Good

Write 134

Mixed 96.1

SusWrite 112

82% 111 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1

198% 1.57 MB/s

ITA-User, 9 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 83 85 85 MB/s

53.7% Above average

Write 109

Mixed 76.5

SusWrite 84.5

69% 93 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

196% 1.53 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $135

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Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,513x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	833x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	573x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	401x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	339x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	97x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	145x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD50EZRX

Green 5TB (2014)

Average Bench: 76.9% (91^st of 1015)

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