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WDC WD20EARX-008 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 66.4% (147th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID WDC WD20EARX-008
Poor: 53%Average: 66.4% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WD20EARX-008 2TB averaged 33.5% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.12MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 14766.4%
Min Avg Max
100 Read 137 164
101 Write 114 130
36.5 Mixed 39.7 43
81.3 SusWrite 94 107
69.9% 96.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.77 0.8
1.6 4K Write 2.12 2.5
0.7 4K Mixed 0.85 0.9
166% 1.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 105 106 101 106 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 164
Write 130
Mixed 43
SusWrite 105
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 107 106 104 106 MB/s
74.6% Very good
Read 153
Write 118
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 107
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 73 89 82 86 76 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 132
Write 106
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 81.3
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
359GB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 79 86 82 89 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 100
Write 101
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 83.1
59% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,941,295 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 92%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $235Bench 72%, 30,050 samples285x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $127Bench 71%, 66,470 samples212x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples197x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples199x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples166x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples119x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples89x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $87Bench 199%, 240,629 samples63x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples58x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $879

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