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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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
942GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 172 173 172 171 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 190
Mixed 98.5
SusWrite 172
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.77 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 165 166 159 163 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 144
Write 162
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 163
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.43 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 132 128 142 142 133 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 152
Write 147
Mixed 88.2
SusWrite 133
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.77 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 70 105 106 113 110 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 149
Write 143
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 98.2
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 51,616,277 HDDs tested.

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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) - $192

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,285x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $180Bench 98%, 123,561 samples3,889x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $130Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,158x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,048x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $530Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,916x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,358x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $50Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,702x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $60Bench 386%, 206,100 samples1,001x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $74Bench 297%, 331,647 samples806x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples710x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples655x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $95Bench 89%, 144,399 samples600x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $987

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

Official site www.wdc.com/...

Inspiring performance and capacity...

Added 9 years ago.
USA-User
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9,514

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

4 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.

Comment 

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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4,489

Good

6 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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3,971

Good

6 years ago.

Amazing performer and reliable drive

AUT-User
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2,643

Good

6 years ago.

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

CHE-User
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2,552

Good

6 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

9 years ago.

ViceCity
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118

Excellent

5 years ago.

great performance, reliable

Cantell
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6

Above average

7 years ago.

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

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