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WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB

WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB
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Effective Speed -29%Effective Speed -29%Average Score -8%Read -24%, Write -23%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite -37%Peak Score -3%Read -34%, Write -34%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 33%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite -16%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -7%Age -7%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 68.5% (136^th of 1015)

Based on 266 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0, WDC WD6000BLHX-01V7B, WDC WD6000BLHX-60V7BV1, WDC WD6000BLHX-0, WDC WD6000BLHX-50V7BV0, WDC WD60 00BLHX-01V7BV0, WDC WD6000BLHX-6, WDC WD60 00BLHX-01V7B, WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0, WDC WD60 00BLHX-60V7BV0, WDC WD6000BLHX-88V7BV0, WDC WD6000BLHX-60V7BV0

Poor: 48%Average: 68.5% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB averaged 31.5% 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 0.99MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.95MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB is 33%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 266 samples)

Rank 13668.5%

Min	Avg	Max
87.7	Read 125	149
77.1	Write 117	140
24.3	Mixed 86.1	131
60.4	SusWrite 111	169
80.9% 110 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.48	4K Read 0.99	1.2
1.33	4K Write 2.95	3.5
0.39	4K Mixed 0.99	1.4
206% 1.64 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 6 months ago.

559GB free

Firmware: 04.05G04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 138 137 138 140 141 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 136

Mixed 88.2

SusWrite 133

93% 126 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.3

4K Mixed 1.3

251% 1.9 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

572GB free

Firmware: 5G04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 110 110 108 MB/s

70.1% Very good

Write 131

Mixed 88.5

SusWrite 109

85% 116 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1.3

248% 1.83 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

576GB free

Firmware: 5G04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 129 130 128 MB/s

68.8% Good

Write 118

Mixed 79.2

SusWrite 128

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1.3

248% 1.83 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

329GB free

Firmware: 04.05G04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 111 113 113 114 MB/s

67% Good

Write 111

Mixed 80.1

SusWrite 113

78% 106 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 1.2

235% 1.77 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 months ago.

43GB free

Firmware: 04.05G04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 79 79 79 76 MB/s

41.6% Average

Write 67.8

Mixed 62

SusWrite 78.1

51% 68.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 0.9

183% 1.5 MB/s

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Typical WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB Builds (Compare 567 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	136x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	75x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	74x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	17x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	22x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	15x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $220

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