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WD WD80EFZX

Red 8TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 76.9% (92nd of 1015)

Based on 4,231 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD80EFZX-68UW8N0, WDC WD80 EFZX-68UW8N0, WDC WD80EFZX-68U
Poor: 51%Average: 76.9% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 8TB (2016) averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red 8TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.23MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.99MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 8TB (2016) is 46.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 8TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,231 samples)
Rank 9276.9%
Min Avg Max
77.8 Read 133 172
85.2 Write 135 173
46.3 Mixed 69.8 83.5
86.4 SusWrite 135 172
86.4% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.99 1.2
1.3 4K Write 1.86 2.1
0.96 4K Mixed 1.23 1.4
213% 1.36 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 148 145 155 148 138 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 158
Write 160
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 146
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
210% 1.37 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 154 141 141 151 147 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 145
Write 150
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 145
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.2
212% 1.4 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 153 144 140 149 148 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 136
Write 143
Mixed 69
SusWrite 144
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.3
229% 1.5 MB/s
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $199

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $285Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,892x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $214Bench 98%, 168,663 samples3,514x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $155Bench 96%, 206,018 samples2,850x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $530Bench 148%, 562,666 samples1,859x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $735Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,764x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,243x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,545x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples910x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $184Bench 297%, 331,647 samples731x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples640x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples612x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $198Bench 89%, 144,399 samples557x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $1,117

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