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WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 65% (160th of 1015)

Based on 109 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0
Poor: 45%Average: 65% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB averaged 35.0% 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 0.43MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.06MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB is 36.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 109MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 109MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 109 samples)
Rank 16065%
Min Avg Max
75.7 Read 116 155
71.2 Write 109 144
51.8 Mixed 97.2 135
41.8 SusWrite 109 143
80.1% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.74 1
0.45 4K Write 2.06 2.59
0.13 4K Mixed 0.43 1
117% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 142 142 144 143 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 154
Write 146
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 143
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.43 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 136 134 133 137 135 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 132
Write 129
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 134
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.43 MB/s
527GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 87 89 88 89 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 113
Write 102
Mixed 68
SusWrite 88.6
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.37 MB/s
528GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 85 86 86 89 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 106
Write 102
Mixed 74
SusWrite 86.2
68% 91.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
181% 1.3 MB/s
533GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 87 89 89 90 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 100
Write 100
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 88.8
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.43 MB/s
299GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 63 64 67 62 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 97.7
Write 91.4
Mixed 71.1
SusWrite 63.9
60% 81 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,361,654 HDDs tested

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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  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples560x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples529x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples470x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples216x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples199x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples123x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples79x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples60x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $117Bench 85%, 8,498 samples36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $884

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