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WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB

WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB
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Effective Speed +29% Effective Speed 29%Average Score +70% Read 25%, Write 44%, 4K Read 86%, 4K Write 197%, Mixed 18%, 4K Mixed 87%, SusWrite 32%Peak Score +85% Read 22%, Write 35%, 4K Read 184%, 4K Write 212%, Mixed 25%, 4K Mixed 90%, SusWrite 26%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +78% Age 78%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 113% (1^st of 1015)

Based on 282 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0, WDC WD8003FFBX-68B9A, WDC WD80 03FFBX-68B9AN0, WDC WD8003FFBX-6

Poor: 66%Average: 113% Great: 139%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB averaged 13.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.56MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.91MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB is 73.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 93.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 194MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 282 samples)

Rank 1113%

Min	Avg	Max
101	Read 194	243
112	Write 196	244
57.5	Mixed 93.7	117
119	SusWrite 199	245
125% 171 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 1.59	2.93
4.44	4K Write 5.91	7.7
0.57	4K Mixed 1.56	1.9
349% 3.02 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DEU-User, 2 months ago.

6.5TB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 241 240 240 241 244 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 241

Mixed 102

SusWrite 241

148% 204 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 7.3

4K Mixed 1.6

392% 3.6 MB/s

USA-User, 2 month ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 199 204 196 202 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 197

Mixed 101

SusWrite 199

127% 173 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 7.1

4K Mixed 1.5

361% 3.37 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 month ago.

5.5TB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 229 237 237 232 235 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 165

Mixed 77.4

SusWrite 235

116% 159 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 5.3

4K Mixed 1.6

338% 2.8 MB/s

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Typical WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB Builds (Compare 32,737 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,298x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	8,017x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,890x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,480x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,384x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,199x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,243x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,067x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,020x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,015x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,479x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	981x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $834

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $158
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
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