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WD WD10EFRX

Red 1TB (2012)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 67% (152nd of 1015)

more Based on 19,559 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD10EFRX-68JCSN0, WDC WD10EFRX-68J, WD10EFRX-68PJCN, WDC WD10EFRX-68P, WDC WD10 EFRX-68JCSN0, WD10EFRX-68FYTN0, WDC WD10EFRX-68PJCN0, WDC WD10EFRX-6BJCSN0, WDC WD10EFRX-68FYTN0, WD WD10EFRX-68JCSN0, WDC WD10 EFRX-68PJCN0, WDC WD10EFRX-68F, WDC WD10 EFRX-68FYTN0
Poor: 41%Average: 67% Great: 88%

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Above average average bench

The WD Red 1TB (2012) averaged 33.0% 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 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.42MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 1TB (2012) is 47.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 1TB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 112MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,559 samples)
Rank 15267%
Min Avg Max
68.5 Read 121 160
69.8 Write 114 148
34.5 Mixed 72.6 97.8
64.3 SusWrite 112 149
77.1% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.84 1.1
0.8 4K Write 2.42 2.9
0.4 4K Mixed 0.88 1
178% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
629GB free
Firmware: 82.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 135 136 135 134 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 132
Write 132
Mixed 85.8
SusWrite 135
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.6 MB/s
783GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 55 78 91 89 91 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 31.2
Write 34.9
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 70.6
29% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
38% 0.27 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 81%, 330,548 samples15,658x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $175Bench 77%, 219,764 samples11,232x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 69%, 137,535 samples2,262x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples6,855x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples4,418x
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples4,191x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples4,069x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples3,301x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 174,625 samples781x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples2,798x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 84%, 24,783 samples1,770x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 36,060 samples1,748x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $967

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Good

3 months ago.

Not better speed but very stable speed with low cache memory and only 5400RPM For that price you get faster or more memory or both but .... with WD i have long year good expirience

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