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WD5003AZEX Raid 0 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 168% (1st of 1015)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5003AZEX Raid 0
Poor: 131%Average: 168% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WD5003AZEX Raid 0 1TB averaged 68.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD5003AZEX Raid 0 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 6.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.58MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 114MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 1168%
Min Avg Max
265 Read 342 414
221 Write 270 316
99.8 Mixed 114 123
171 SusWrite 242 336
176% 242 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.5 4K Read 6.36 7.5
4.5 4K Write 4.92 5.2
1.3 4K Mixed 1.58 1.9
532% 4.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 194 193 195 195 196 MB/s
160% Outstanding
Read 362
Write 145
Mixed 98.6
SusWrite 194
146% 200 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.8
664% 5.17 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 171 168 168 184 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 338
Write 273
Mixed 111
SusWrite 171
163% 223 MB/s
4K Read 6.6
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.5
532% 4.33 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,501,701 HDDs tested

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Typical WD5003AZEX Raid 0 1TB Builds (Compare 8,022 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) - $439

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,837x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,556x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples540x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,506x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples590x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples561x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,096x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples695x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples317x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples423x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples334x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples272x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $1,411

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