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WD WD2001FFSX

Red Pro 2TB (2014)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 73.9% (114th of 1015)

Based on 716 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD2001FFSX-68JNU, WDC WD20 01FFSX-68JNUN0, WDC WD2001FFSX-6, WDC WD2001FFSX-68JNUN0, WD WD2001FFSX-68JNU
Poor: 51%Average: 73.9% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The WD Red Pro 2TB (2014) averaged 26.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.93MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red Pro 2TB (2014) is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red Pro 2TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 85.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 716 samples)
Rank 11473.9%
Min Avg Max
87.5 Read 134 173
84.5 Write 124 153
60.8 Mixed 85.5 108
78.4 SusWrite 123 156
85.9% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.85 1.1
2.3 4K Write 2.93 3.5
0.9 4K Mixed 1.02 1.2
203% 1.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 145 146 145 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 153
Write 144
Mixed 94
SusWrite 145
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.6 MB/s
897GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 142 141 143 142 MB/s
85.1% Excellent
Read 155
Write 144
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 142
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.87 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 136 134 136 135 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 138
Write 124
Mixed 71.6
SusWrite 135
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 156 154 155 155 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 103
Write 97.7
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 155
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.5 MB/s
392GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 115 117 116 117 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 123
Write 120
Mixed 83
SusWrite 115
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.67 MB/s
647GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 111
Write 89
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 106
70% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.53 MB/s
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Gaming 68%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples476x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples80x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples66x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples43x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples44x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples20x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $546

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