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WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB

WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB
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Effective Speed -26%Effective Speed -26%Average Score +16% Read -21%, Write -20%, 4K Read 44%, 4K Write 198%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -33%Peak Score +47% Read -4%, Write -3%, 4K Read 140%, 4K Write 219%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment -893%User Rating -19%, Market Share -1,767%Nice To Haves +68% Age 68%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Average Bench: 69.8% (126^th of 1015)

Based on 9,605 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0, WDC WD20EZAZ-22GGJB0, WDC WD20EZAZ-22L9GB0, WDC WD20 EZAZ-00GGJB0, WDC WD20 EZAZ-00L9GB0, WDC WD20EZAZ-00G, WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0, WDC WD20EZAZ-00L9GB0, WDC WD20 EZAZ-22GGJB0, WDC WD20 EZAZ-22L9GB0, WDC WD20EZAZ-00L, WDC WD20EZAZ-22L

Poor: 19%Average: 69.8% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB averaged 30.1% 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 Write Speed 6.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.87MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB is 84.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 114MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,605 samples)

Rank 12669.8%

Min	Avg	Max
22.2	Read 128	193
30.8	Write 120	182
15	Mixed 75.2	114
25.4	SusWrite 114	178
80.3% 109 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 1.87	4.1
0.38	4K Write 6.4	8
0.1	4K Mixed 0.6	0.8
263% 2.96 MB/s

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,037x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $225Bench 98%, 123,561 samples	3,654x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $156Bench 96%, 159,179 samples	2,955x

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RTX 3070Nvidia $470Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,935x
RTX 3080Nvidia $807Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,833x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,286x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,609x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $80Bench 386%, 206,100 samples	936x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $121Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	757x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	664x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	631x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $143Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	570x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,020

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $214	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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