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WD WD60EFAX

Red 6TB (2019)

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 79.2% (83rd of 1015)

Based on 179 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD60EFAX-68SHWN0, WDC WD60EFAX-68JH4N0, WDC WD60 EFAX-68SHWN0
Poor: 40%Average: 79.2% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 6TB (2019) averaged 20.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red 6TB (2019) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 6.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.96MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 6TB (2019) is 69.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Red 6TB (2019) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 179 samples)
Rank 8379.2%
Min Avg Max
29.6 Read 147 206
47.6 Write 136 183
29.2 Mixed 79.9 119
52.4 SusWrite 127 183
89.9% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.96 4.99
2.26 4K Write 6.95 8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.68 0.8
286% 3.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820Intel  $300Bench 74%, 36,690 samples801x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $520Bench 78%, 26,865 samples383x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $216Bench 74%, 17,659 samples260x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples139x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples113x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 616,214 samples86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples71x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $51Bench 106%, 481,221 samples70x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 24,323 samples67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 15,924 samples53x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 18,861 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,070

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 Comments

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Excellent

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Very quiet drive in idle and not too noisy when it moves its heads.

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