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WD WD2003FZEX

Black 2TB (2013)

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 88.5% (30th of 1015)

more Based on 144,544 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00SRL, WDC WD2003FZEX-00E7NA0, WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0, WDC WD2003FZEX-00MK2A0, WDC WD2003FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD2003FZ EX-00Z4SB1, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4, WDC WD2003FZEX-0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4S, WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WD2003FZEX-00Z4SB1, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA, WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRL, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SAO, WD2003FZEX-00SR, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00SRLA0

This is the current version (2013) of Western Digital's best performing, Black, consumer storage drive. A comparison between the 2013 and 2010 versions shows that core real world performance has improved by around 15%. The 38 month old 2010 FAEX Black is also slightly more expensive at the moment, probably because retailers are slowly running out of stock. With average sequential read/write speeds of 150 MB/s and read/write 4k speeds of 0.8/2.9 MB/s the 2013 2TB WD Black has a solid performance profile but it's slightly overpriced. There is better value available amongst other drives in the group test. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 60%Average: 88.5% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 2TB (2013) averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 2TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.04MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 2TB (2013) is 51.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 2TB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 144,544 samples)
Rank 3088.5%
Min Avg Max
93.6 Read 153 194
100 Write 161 207
57.5 Mixed 86.7 105
97.5 SusWrite 155 199
102% 139 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.95 1.1
2.2 4K Write 3.04 3.5
0.66 4K Mixed 0.95 1.1
201% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 193 198 196 196 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 200
Mixed 97.8
SusWrite 196
124% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.77 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 197 197 197 196 199 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 191
Mixed 102
SusWrite 198
123% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
210% 1.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 192 191 191 191 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 198
Mixed 97
SusWrite 191
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
212% 1.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 180 183 182 181 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 189
Mixed 92
SusWrite 182
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
210% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 148 147 149 148 MB/s
87.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 147
Mixed 98.1
SusWrite 148
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 147 148 147 148 148 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 150
Write 179
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 148
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.73 MB/s
536GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 151 151 153 151 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 124
Write 155
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 151
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
227% 1.83 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 112 112 108 114 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 130
Write 141
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 112
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.6 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $174 @ launch in Oct '13
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,409x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,234x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,072x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,467x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,834x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples1,105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples865x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $937

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

Official site www.wdc.com/...

Inspiring performance and capacity...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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9,838

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

11 months ago.

Very responsive about playing games in it as a backup HDD, but for the system is not so bad as well... I got CrystalDiskInfo to check about the temperature and It's always between 30 and 34°C , separated in 3 partitions.

Comment 

Wonderful drive, quite stable, and while it may not be the fastest, it is hard to argue with a 5 year warranty. (which for the most part is not mentioned on the comparisons.)—Sep '14

BRA-User
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4,637

Good

7 years ago.

Mesmo sendo o primeiro dia de uso estou gostando do HD, mais rápido que os outros HD que tenho.

ITA-User
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4,069

Good

7 years ago.

Amazing performer and reliable drive

AUT-User
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2,735

Good

7 years ago.

Good Performing Drive, but it's loud and puts out a lot of heat

CHE-User
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2,614

Good

7 years ago.

2 of those running in a NAS 24/7 for two years. No problems whatsoever. I wouldn't put it in a desktop, however, these things are noisy by today's standards.

HDrivePro
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1,391

Very good

10 years ago.

ViceCity
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118

Excellent

5 years ago.

great performance, reliable

Cantell
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6

Above average

8 years ago.

2 years old @ 73% full it has slowed down considerably. A noisy drive.

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