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WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB

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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score +7% Read -20%, Write -8%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 31%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -4%Read -43%, Write -35%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite -42%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +23% Age 23%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 75.9% (101^st of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (TurboPC EX)

Poor: 73%Average: 75.9% Great: 78%

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Good average bench

The WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB averaged 24.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.13MB/s

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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 104MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 126MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 10175.9%

Min	Avg	Max
116	Read 129	139
114	Write 126	134
82.7	Mixed 104	140
134	SusWrite 135	137
91.4% 124 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 0.88	0.93
3	4K Write 3.13	3.3
0.28	4K Mixed 0.83	1.2
186% 1.61 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 4 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 01.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 135 134 133 137 MB/s

78.4% Very good

Write 130

Mixed 89.3

SusWrite 134

90% 123 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1

202% 1.63 MB/s

USA-User, 8 years ago.

320GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

76.5% Very good

Write 134

Mixed 140

102% 135 MB/s

4K Read 0.93

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 0.28

126% 1.4 MB/s

MYS-User, 5 years ago.

249GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 138 138 137 138 MB/s

72.8% Very good

Write 114

Mixed 82.7

SusWrite 137

83% 112 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 3.3

4K Mixed 1.2

232% 1.8 MB/s

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Typical WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB Builds (Compare 5,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $80Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,468x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,207x
Core i7-3770KIntel $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,127x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	391x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	386x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	323x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	218x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	200x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	154x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	144x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	133x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	109x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $305

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $296	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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