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WD60EFZX-68B3FN0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 94.4% (9th of 1015)

Based on 510 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD60EFZX-68B3FN0, WDC WD60 EFZX-68B3FN0, WDC WD60EFZX-68B
Poor: 57%Average: 94.4% Great: 120%

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Excellent average bench

The WD WD60EFZX-68B3FN0 6TB averaged just 5.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD60EFZX-68B3FN0 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.97MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD60EFZX-68B3FN0 6TB is 62.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD60EFZX-68B3FN0 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 116MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 510 samples)
Rank 994.4%
Min Avg Max
103 Read 173 227
89.8 Write 150 191
63.1 Mixed 116 154
89.5 SusWrite 154 197
110% 148 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 3.71 6.95
1.86 4K Write 3.17 4
0.6 4K Mixed 0.97 1.2
321% 2.62 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: 197 198 199 198 202 196 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 218
Write 184
Mixed 172
SusWrite 198
143% 193 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.7
327% 2.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 172 169 171 168 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 165
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 169
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
277% 2.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 128 130 129 130 MB/s
81% Excellent
Read 152
Write 145
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 129
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
326% 2.7 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 123 124 122 124 122 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 128
Write 114
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 120
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
301% 2.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,360,980 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples2,832x
Core i5-12400Intel  $144Bench 98%, 17,352 samples1,024x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples907x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,096x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples917x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples538x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples322x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples261x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $74Bench 224%, 92,081 samples227x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples401x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples196x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $597

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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