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WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB

WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB
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Effective Speed +12% Effective Speed 12%Average Score +51% Read 9%, Write 23%, 4K Read 72%, 4K Write 158%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 61%, SusWrite 14%Peak Score +44% Read 4%, Write 13%, 4K Read 69%, 4K Write 143%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +130% Age 130%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 98.8% (5^th of 1015)

Based on 282 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD101EFAX-68LDBN0, WDC WD101EFAX-68LDBN, WDC WD10 1EFAX-68LDBN, WDC WD10 1EFAX-68LDBN0, WDC WD101EFAX-68

Poor: 60%Average: 98.8% Great: 119%

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Excellent average bench

The WD WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB averaged just 1.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.39MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.55MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB is 58.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 170MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 282 samples)

Rank 598.8%

Min	Avg	Max
100	Read 170	207
106	Write 178	213
71	Mixed 96.5	113
88.7	SusWrite 173	209
113% 154 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.5	4K Read 2.24	2.9
4.51	4K Write 5.55	6.1
1.1	4K Mixed 1.39	1.6
351% 3.06 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

7TB free

Firmware: 81.00A81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 188 194 192 192 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 197

Mixed 102

SusWrite 192

123% 168 MB/s

4K Read 2.5

4K Write 5.6

4K Mixed 1.4

363% 3.17 MB/s

USA-User, 16 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 81.00A81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 184 182 171 179 177 MB/s

99.9% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 84.4

SusWrite 178

108% 148 MB/s

4K Read 2.4

4K Write 6

4K Mixed 1.4

367% 3.27 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 month ago.

6.5TB free

Firmware: 81.00A81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 144 140 142 153 MB/s

74.9% Very good

Write 128

Mixed 79.6

SusWrite 143

86% 117 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 4.8

4K Mixed 1

262% 2.43 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 81.00A81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 101 99 96 95 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 124

Mixed 70.3

SusWrite 98.2

75% 102 MB/s

4K Read 2.1

4K Write 5.4

4K Mixed 1.5

354% 3 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 81.00A81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 98 98 95 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 98

Mixed 70

SusWrite 98.4

66% 88.8 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 5.3

4K Mixed 1.3

326% 2.87 MB/s

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock X470 Taichi - $270

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	218x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	80x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	55x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	43x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	40x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	40x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	29x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILL $192Bench 106%, 7,103 samples	21x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	20x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

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