WD WD60EZRZ

Blue 6TB (2015)

Blue 6TB (2015)
BENCHMARKS (8,416)
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$215

Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -8%Read -14%, Write -17%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write 17%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -9%Read -14%, Write -16%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -17%, Market Share -32,989%, Price -162%, Value -32%Nice To Haves +8% Age 8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 76.3% (97^th of 1015)

Based on 8,416 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1, WDC WD60EZRZ-00R, WDC WD60EZRZ-11R, WDC WD60 EZRZ-11TNUB0, WDC WD60 EZRZ-22GZ5B1, WDC WD60 EZRZ-00RWYB1, WDC WD60EZRZ-11RWYB1, WDC WD60EZRZ-00G, WDC WD60EZRZ-22G, WDC WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1, WDC WD60EZRZ-22GZ5B1, WDC WD60 EZRZ-00GZ5B1, WDC WD60EZRZ-11TNUB0

Poor: 50%Average: 76.3% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The WD Blue 6TB (2015) averaged 23.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 6TB (2015) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.98MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.51MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 6TB (2015) is 47.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 6TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,416 samples)

Rank 9776.3%

Min	Avg	Max
80.9	Read 136	176
72.5	Write 123	162
55.3	Mixed 84.6	109
80.6	SusWrite 130	168
87% 118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.91	1.1
1.2	4K Write 2.51	3
0.7	4K Mixed 0.98	1.1
193% 1.47 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

JPN-User, 3 days ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 166 166 167 167 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 110

SusWrite 166

114% 156 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.1

202% 1.47 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 168 169 168 170 167 MB/s

96.2% Outstanding

Write 165

Mixed 97.9

SusWrite 166

110% 150 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 1

197% 1.47 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 142 144 141 140 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 131

Mixed 83.4

SusWrite 141

91% 124 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 0.9

185% 1.5 MB/s

SWE-User, 8 days ago.

581GB free

Firmware: 80.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 112 111 101 98 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 158

Mixed 131

SusWrite 107

103% 138 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1.2

225% 1.63 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 days ago.

231GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 117 116 116 115 MB/s

68.5% Good

Write 121

Mixed 79.5

SusWrite 114

81% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

205% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

196GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 83 85 83 96 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 124

Mixed 76.1

SusWrite 85.9

74% 101 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

195% 1.43 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

12GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 101 98 102 98 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 89.5

Mixed 70.5

SusWrite 99.3

64% 87.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.7

138% 1.1 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 days ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 49 77 61 78 MB/s

37.9% Below average

Write 76.8

Mixed 57.8

SusWrite 62

49% 66.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 0.5

4K Mixed 0.9

122% 0.57 MB/s

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,047x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	451x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	397x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	332x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	313x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	257x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	89x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	86x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	77x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	103x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	97x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $714

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Blue 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 76.3% (97^th of 1015)

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Blue 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 76.3% (97th of 1015)

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