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WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 39.9% (507th of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD20EARX-22PASB0
Poor: 30%Average: 39.9% Great: 50%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB averaged 60.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.25MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.52MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB is 20.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.77MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 62.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 50739.9%
Min Avg Max
57.8 Read 71.9 115
18 Write 63 107
27 Mixed 58.3 93
25 SusWrite 62.1 99.2
47.3% 63.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.36 4K Read 0.52 0.8
0.31 4K Write 0.77 1.94
0.16 4K Mixed 0.25 0.6
63.2% 0.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
313GB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 115
Write 107
Mixed 93
79% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.17
74% 0.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 85.1
Write 89.4
Mixed 77.1
63% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.94
4K Mixed 0.18
76% 0.87 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 83.2
Write 79.4
Mixed 63
56% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 0.99
4K Mixed 0.18
53% 0.51 MB/s
745GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 96 101 100 101 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 59
Write 65.7
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 99.2
55% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.77 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 62.8
Write 53.9
Mixed 51.4
42% 56 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 0.32
4K Mixed 0.18
46% 0.33 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 59
Write 54.3
Mixed 48.7
40% 54 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 0.33
4K Mixed 0.16
46% 0.34 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 59.4
Write 53.9
Mixed 46.8
40% 53.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 0.33
4K Mixed 0.16
46% 0.34 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 57.8
Write 53.6
Mixed 53.2
41% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 0.32
4K Mixed 0.17
47% 0.34 MB/s
664GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 26 25 MB/s
30% Poor
Read 79.4
Write 18
Mixed 27
SusWrite 25
28% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.5 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,888,083 HDDs tested

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Typical WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB Builds (Compare 7,496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,809x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples888x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples632x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,042x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples937x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples499x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples462x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples188x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples359x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples274x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples141x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $688

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