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WD50PURX-64LZMY0 5TB

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Effective Speed -10%Effective Speed -10%Average Score -3%Read -9%, Write -0%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -15%Peak Score +8% Read -10%, Write -8%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 65%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -15%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +21% Age 21%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 79.6% (80^th of 1015)

Based on 119 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD50PURX-64LZMY0, WDC WD50 PURX-64T0ZY0, WDC WD50PURX-64L, WDC WD50PURX-64T0ZY0

Poor: 55%Average: 79.6% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The WD WD50PURX-64LZMY0 5TB averaged 20.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD50PURX-64LZMY0 5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.81MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.24MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD50PURX-64LZMY0 5TB is 44.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD50PURX-64LZMY0 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 119 samples)

Rank 8079.6%

Min	Avg	Max
93.8	Read 143	180
90.7	Write 136	167
53.2	Mixed 83.8	154
66.1	SusWrite 131	169
90.7% 124 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.47	4K Read 0.76	1
1	4K Write 2.24	3
0.23	4K Mixed 0.81	1.1
163% 1.27 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 9 months ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

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

97.9% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 92.4

SusWrite 168

109% 149 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1.1

208% 1.53 MB/s

FRA-User, 7 months ago.

4TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 158 157 158 156 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 148

Mixed 73.6

SusWrite 157

95% 130 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 1

178% 1.17 MB/s

CZE-User, 10 months ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 151 149 151 148 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 133

Mixed 79.3

SusWrite 149

92% 126 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 0.8

170% 1.43 MB/s

NOR-User, 12 months ago.

4TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 121 130 131 129 122 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 122

Mixed 67.4

SusWrite 118

83% 114 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 0.7

153% 1.3 MB/s

USA-User, 11 months ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 130 133 130 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 135

Mixed 74.7

SusWrite 131

87% 119 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

193% 1.47 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s

73.9% Very good

Write 35.5

Mixed 39.7

SusWrite 36.7

61% 83.2 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 0.5

4K Mixed 0.6

134% 0.83 MB/s

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 25%

Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T7500

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples	166x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples	90x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	51x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
M4 64GBCrucial $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples	19x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	132x
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples	128x
12x4GBUnknownBench 52%, 970 samples	109x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $84

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