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WD WD2003FZEX

Black 2TB (2013)

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 88.5% (30th of 1015)

more Based on 144,544 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00SRL, WDC WD2003FZEX-00E7NA0, WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0, WDC WD2003FZEX-00MK2A0, WDC WD2003FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD2003FZ EX-00Z4SB1, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4, WDC WD2003FZEX-0, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4S, WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WD2003FZEX-00Z4SB1, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA, WDC WD2003FZEX-00SRL, WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SAO, WD2003FZEX-00SR, WDC WD20 03FZEX-00SRLA0

This is the current version (2013) of Western Digital's best performing, Black, consumer storage drive. A comparison between the 2013 and 2010 versions shows that core real world performance has improved by around 15%. The 38 month old 2010 FAEX Black is also slightly more expensive at the moment, probably because retailers are slowly running out of stock. With average sequential read/write speeds of 150 MB/s and read/write 4k speeds of 0.8/2.9 MB/s the 2013 2TB WD Black has a solid performance profile but it's slightly overpriced. There is better value available amongst other drives in the group test. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 60%Average: 88.5% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 2TB (2013) averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 2TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.04MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 2TB (2013) is 51.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 2TB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 144,544 samples)
Rank 3088.5%
Min Avg Max
93.6 Read 153 194
100 Write 161 207
57.5 Mixed 86.7 105
97.5 SusWrite 155 199
102% 139 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.95 1.1
2.2 4K Write 3.04 3.5
0.66 4K Mixed 0.95 1.1
201% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 189 189 188 189 189 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 193
Mixed 93.4
SusWrite 189
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
218% 1.8 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 175 186 183 186 186 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 193
Mixed 89.9
SusWrite 183
117% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.5
136% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 179 181 173 174 165 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 202
Mixed 103
SusWrite 176
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.73 MB/s
331GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 121 125 126 122 124 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 123
Write 109
Mixed 73.1
SusWrite 116
78% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.63 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $174 @ launch in Oct '13
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Gaming 129%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $109

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $172Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,720x
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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $136Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,475x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,282x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,104x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,496x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,870x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $147Bench 297%, 331,647 samples879x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples782x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples743x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $95Bench 89%, 144,399 samples658x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $875

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

Official site www.wdc.com/...

Inspiring performance and capacity...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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9,918

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

15 months ago.

Very responsive about playing games in it as a backup HDD, but for the system is not so bad as well... I got CrystalDiskInfo to check about the temperature and It's always between 30 and 34°C , separated in 3 partitions.

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Wonderful drive, quite stable, and while it may not be the fastest, it is hard to argue with a 5 year warranty. (which for the most part is not mentioned on the comparisons.)—Sep '14

BRA-User
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4,695

Good

7 years ago.

Mesmo sendo o primeiro dia de uso estou gostando do HD, mais rápido que os outros HD que tenho.

ITA-User
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4,101

Good

7 years ago.

Amazing performer and reliable drive

AUT-User
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2,759

Good

7 years ago.

Good Performing Drive, but it's loud and puts out a lot of heat

CHE-User
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2,630

Good

7 years ago.

2 of those running in a NAS 24/7 for two years. No problems whatsoever. I wouldn't put it in a desktop, however, these things are noisy by today's standards.

HDrivePro
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1,391

Very good

10 years ago.

ViceCity
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118

Excellent

6 years ago.

great performance, reliable

Cantell
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6

Above average

8 years ago.

2 years old @ 73% full it has slowed down considerably. A noisy drive.

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