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WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB

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Effective Speed +17% Effective Speed 17%Average Score +5% Read 15%, Write 25%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write 55%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -70%, SusWrite 18%Peak Score +11% Read 9%, Write 11%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write 61%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment -4,269%User Rating -19%, Market Share -8,519%Nice To Haves +672% Age 672%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 102% (2^nd of 1015)

Based on 66 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD23PURZ-85C5HY0, WDC WD23PURZ-74C5HY0

Poor: 75%Average: 102% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB averaged 2.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.09MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.49MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB is 48.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.85MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)

Rank 2102%

Min	Avg	Max
110	Read 179	217
105	Write 171	200
52.9	Mixed 71.3	81.6
95.6	SusWrite 177	213
109% 150 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.85	1
2.13	4K Write 3.09	3.97
0.3	4K Mixed 0.49	1.07
148% 1.48 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 8 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 205 202 203 204 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 197

Mixed 66.5

SusWrite 204

120% 165 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 0.4

136% 1.37 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 days ago.

443GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 198 199 206 197 197 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 176

Mixed 75.8

SusWrite 199

118% 161 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 4

4K Mixed 0.4

152% 1.73 MB/s

IND-User, 15 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 188 188 185 187 188 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 186

Mixed 68.1

SusWrite 186

113% 156 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.8

4K Mixed 0.4

148% 1.67 MB/s

CRI-User, 15 days ago.

969GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 173 172 171 169 MB/s

96.4% Outstanding

Write 162

Mixed 64.1

SusWrite 171

102% 141 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 3.2

4K Mixed 0.6

163% 1.57 MB/s

IND-User, 15 days ago.

28GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 95 94 96 139 150 MB/s

74.4% Very good

Write 134

Mixed 66

SusWrite 109

84% 115 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.4

4K Mixed 0.3

130% 1.5 MB/s

ISR-User, 14 days ago.

77GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 101 102 103 100 101 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 106

Mixed 55.6

SusWrite 102

68% 92.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 0.4

135% 1.43 MB/s

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Typical WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 2TB Builds (Compare 946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B760M DS3H AX DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $112Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	215x
Core i5-13400FIntel $158Bench 106%, 8,325 samples	116x
Core i5-13500Intel $190Bench 113%, 3,785 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $281Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	130x
RTX 4060Nvidia $291Bench 122%, 48,534 samples	82x
RTX 3070Nvidia $470Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	78x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	86x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	35x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	33x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	46x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $54Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	22x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $393

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
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