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WDC WD80EFAX-68L 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 79.3% (83rd of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID WDC WD80EFAX-68L
Poor: 42%Average: 79.3% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WD80EFAX-68L 8TB averaged 20.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid WDC WD80EFAX-68L 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.9MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDC WD80EFAX-68L 8TB is 58.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDC WD80EFAX-68L 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 8379.3%
Min Avg Max
55 Read 135 189
109 Write 164 198
41.5 Mixed 79.7 124
90.4 SusWrite 145 161
95.9% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.9 2.7
4.2 4K Write 4.76 5
0.4 4K Mixed 0.49 0.65
222% 2.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 165 160 162 158 151 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 190
Mixed 94
SusWrite 158
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.5
261% 2.73 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 166 161 162 163 156 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 106
Write 190
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 160
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.5
261% 2.73 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 145 157 151 152 154 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 112
Write 198
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 152
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.5
255% 2.67 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: 83.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 157 62 58 59 MB/s
70% Good
Read 134
Write 135
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 108
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.5
209% 2.3 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asrock X399 Taichi

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Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples155x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD  $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples115x
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD  $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples105x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples47x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples36x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples27x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples28x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples20x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL  $130Bench 95%, 14,506 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $922

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