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WD WD3001FFSX

Red Pro 3TB (2014)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 85.2% (46th of 1015)

more Based on 548 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3001FFSX-68JNUN0, WDC WD30 01FFSX-68JNU, WDC WD3001FFSX-68JNU, WDC WD30 01FFSX-68JNUN0, WD WD3001FFSX-68JNU, WDC WD3001FFSX-6
Poor: 63%Average: 85.2% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The WD Red Pro 3TB (2014) averaged just 14.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red Pro 3TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.92MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red Pro 3TB (2014) is 37.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red Pro 3TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 99.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 141MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 548 samples)
Rank 4685.2%
Min Avg Max
109 Read 154 187
96.8 Write 141 168
56.5 Mixed 99.3 148
100 SusWrite 142 169
98.8% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.52 4K Read 0.84 1.07
1.7 4K Write 2.92 3.5
0.24 4K Mixed 0.88 1.2
187% 1.55 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 162 166 172 171 MB/s
96% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 160
Mixed 109
SusWrite 166
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 162 159 161 164 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 148
Write 148
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 161
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.7 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 132 133 135 134 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 172
Write 152
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 130
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.8
189% 1.7 MB/s
483GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 122 121 121 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 171
Write 114
Mixed 108
SusWrite 122
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.67 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 134 134 135 134 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 159
Write 154
Mixed 106
SusWrite 134
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.9
196% 1.7 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 141 144 143 140 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 136
Write 133
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 141
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 128 123 129 122 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 137
Write 134
Mixed 84.3
SusWrite 125
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.67 MB/s
497GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 139 137 139 139 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 110
Write 113
Mixed 77
SusWrite 138
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
196% 1.57 MB/s
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME - $122

CPU
Core i7-5930KIntel  $75Bench 80%, 34,039 samples415x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $199Bench 77%, 101,694 samples414x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $363Bench 80%, 15,468 samples357x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples170x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples144x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples87x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples65x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $180Bench 223%, 54,978 samples51x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples43x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 85%, 8,498 samples27x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $841

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