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WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0 18TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 75.7% (101st of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0, WDC WD18 0EDFZ-11AFWA0, WDC WD180EDFZ-11
Poor: 49%Average: 75.7% Great: 116%

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Good average bench

The WD WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0 18TB averaged 24.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0 18TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.23MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.61MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0 18TB is 67.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD180EDFZ-11AFWA0 18TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 90.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 10175.7%
Min Avg Max
17.5 Read 125 210
19.4 Write 138 204
10.1 Mixed 90.2 128
14.4 SusWrite 136 211
90% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 5.23 7.8
0.6 4K Write 6.27 7.7
0.3 4K Mixed 1.61 3.4
513% 4.37 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 123 125 126 126 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 100
Write 104
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 125
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 2.2
644% 5.3 MB/s
486GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 152 150 154 152 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 17.5
Write 204
Mixed 38
SusWrite 151
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.3
113% 1.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,341,544 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 54%
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System: Wortmann_ag 1009667;2110127

CPU
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples13x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples9x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples5x
GPU
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples8x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples4x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples3x
SSD
SA400M8120G 120GBKingstonBench 70%, 7,130 samples9x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples6x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung  $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples6x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples7x
Value DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 38%, 3,500 samples4x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $450

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