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Wd50e.............

. 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 90.1% (22nd of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: WD50E............. .
Poor: 84%Average: 90.1% Great: 93%

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Excellent average bench

The Wd50e............. . 5TB averaged just 9.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wd50e............. . 5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.98MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.73MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wd50e............. . 5TB is just 8.99%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Wd50e............. . 5TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 2290.1%
Min Avg Max
137 Read 161 185
120 Write 147 167
66.6 Mixed 88.3 104
136 SusWrite 153 163
101% 137 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.03 1.2
1.9 4K Write 2.73 3
0.9 4K Mixed 0.98 1.1
202% 1.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 21.00F.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 158 157 156 157 156 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 143
Mixed 95
SusWrite 156
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 21.00F.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 157 161 161 160 162 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 154
Write 130
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 158
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
209% 1.63 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 21.00F.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 140 150 150 151 149 MB/s
85.7% Excellent
Read 153
Write 148
Mixed 66.6
SusWrite 145
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.73 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,395x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples299x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples252x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples688x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples337x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples229x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples183x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples179x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples112x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $1,139

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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