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WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 98.9% (5th of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD81EJRX-89DBHY0
Poor: 80%Average: 98.9% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The WD WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB averaged just 1.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.67MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB is 31.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 167MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 598.9%
Min Avg Max
143 Read 177 222
136 Write 175 213
59.5 Mixed 96.2 114
102 SusWrite 167 209
113% 154 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.17 1.5
3 4K Write 5.91 6.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.67 0.8
233% 2.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 180 176 178 175 181 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 170
Mixed 102
SusWrite 177
115% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 0.7
224% 2.4 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 172 170 169 171 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 179
Mixed 96
SusWrite 171
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.6
240% 2.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 172 170 170 172 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 178
Mixed 101
SusWrite 171
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.7
248% 2.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 169 160 166 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 168
Mixed 92.1
SusWrite 168
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.7
261% 2.9 MB/s
519GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 135 132 133 139 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 143
Write 136
Mixed 88
SusWrite 136
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.5
200% 2.43 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 139 116 19 52 119 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 175
Write 150
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 102
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,349,750 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 291%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 346%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z790-P

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel  $335Bench 126%, 41,056 samples411x
Core i7-13700KFIntel  $296Bench 126%, 20,009 samples337x
Core i9-13900KIntel  $475Bench 129%, 49,132 samples304x
GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $660Bench 240%, 46,082 samples282x
RTX 4080Nvidia  $1,100Bench 290%, 22,998 samples190x
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples188x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples236x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $115Bench 421%, 18,218 samples100x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples89x
RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples135x
KF556C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 165%, 7,511 samples111x
KF560C36-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 178%, 10,381 samples103x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $1,102

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