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WDC WD60EDAZ-11B 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 74.7% (111th of 1015)

more Based on 151 user benchmarks.  Models: AMD-RAID WDC WD60EDAZ-11B, WDC WD60EDAZ-11U78B0, WDC WD60 EDAZ-11BMZB0, WDC WD60EDAZ-11U, WDC WD60EDAZ-11BMZB0, WDC WD60EDAZ-11B, WDC WD60 EDAZ-11U78B0
Poor: 45%Average: 74.7% Great: 108%

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Good average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WD60EDAZ-11B 6TB averaged 25.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 6.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.86MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDC WD60EDAZ-11B 6TB is 62.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDC WD60EDAZ-11B 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 119MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 151 samples)
Rank 11174.7%
Min Avg Max
56.8 Read 134 194
33.7 Write 119 174
25.3 Mixed 75.1 117
35.9 SusWrite 123 178
82.7% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 6.81 28.6
0.86 4K Write 5.86 8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.72 1.1
472% 4.46 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 168 167 167 168 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 282
Write 176
Mixed 79.8
SusWrite 168
128% 177 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.5
910% 6.8 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 181 174 178 173 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 140
Mixed 104
SusWrite 175
112% 152 MB/s
4K Read 6.4
4K Write 7.1
4K Mixed 0.7
476% 4.73 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 176 172 176 174 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 172
Mixed 101
SusWrite 173
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.8
330% 3.43 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 127 172 171 170 171 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 157
Write 72.5
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 147
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.5
398% 4.03 MB/s
294GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 92 89 90 91 MB/s
65% Good
Read 134
Write 108
Mixed 81
SusWrite 90.1
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 0.7
257% 2.97 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 32 33 32 34 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 51.5
Write 34.5
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 32.4
28% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
448% 3.73 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,342,869 HDDs tested

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Gaming 183%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 196%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 VISION D

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel  $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples164x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples105x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples101x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples87x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples46x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples37x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples54x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples37x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples25x
CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 4,608 samples22x
CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 17,500 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,528

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