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WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 118% (1st of 1015)

Based on 620 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD8001FZBX-00ASY, WDC WD8001FZBX-0, WDC WD80 01FZBX-00ASYA0, WDC WD8001FZBX-00ASYA0, WDC WD80 01FZBX-00ASY
Poor: 81%Average: 118% Great: 139%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB averaged 17.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 6.2MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB is 57.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 100MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 202MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 620 samples)
Rank 1118%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 202 242
141 Write 209 247
67.4 Mixed 100 116
140 SusWrite 208 245
131% 180 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.54 2
3.9 4K Write 6.2 7.9
0.9 4K Mixed 1.61 1.9
358% 3.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 230 230 228 227 234 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 229
Write 222
Mixed 104
SusWrite 230
143% 196 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.9
363% 2.7 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 218 212 208 219 217 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 236
Write 246
Mixed 111
SusWrite 215
147% 202 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 7.6
4K Mixed 1.7
413% 3.77 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 219 211 212 217 215 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 232
Mixed 110
SusWrite 216
144% 198 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 1.8
420% 3.73 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 214 220 213 209 218 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 238
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 214
137% 188 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.9
343% 2.47 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 147 149 148 146 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 199
Mixed 98.7
SusWrite 147
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.6
342% 2.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 152 151 157 152 151 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 149
Mixed 95.1
SusWrite 153
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 1.5
374% 3.6 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 151 151 154 151 153 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 156
Write 163
Mixed 90
SusWrite 153
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 1.6
361% 3.2 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 119 116 116 115 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 113
Write 116
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 116
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.8
349% 2.73 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,893,333 HDDs tested

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Typical WD8001FZBX-00ASY 8TB Builds (Compare 4,189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $212

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples3,030x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples228x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples196x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples799x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples372x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $709Bench 187%, 424,051 samples301x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples218x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples178x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples166x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $156Bench 91%, 87,239 samples197x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples176x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $859

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