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WD WD5001FZWX

Black 5TB (2015)

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Release date: Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 84.3% (54th of 1015)

more Based on 6,537 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5001FZWX-00ZHUA0, WDC WD5001FZWX-0, WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0, WDC WD5001FZWX-00A2VA0, WDC WD5001FZWX-00ZHU, WDC WD50 01FZWX-00A2VA0, WDC WD5001FZWX-00A2V, WD WD5001FZWX-00ZHU, WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHU
Poor: 56%Average: 84.3% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 5TB (2015) averaged just 15.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 5TB (2015) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.27MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 5TB (2015) is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 5TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 138MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,537 samples)
Rank 5484.3%
Min Avg Max
82.8 Read 138 194
127 Write 189 232
65.9 Mixed 97.3 121
100 SusWrite 154 200
106% 145 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.08 4K Read 4.27 6.42
1.44 4K Write 3.12 3.5
0.6 4K Mixed 1 1.1
346% 2.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 159 163 161 161 162 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 198
Mixed 107
SusWrite 162
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
396% 3.13 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 137 126 153 152 141 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 113
Write 192
Mixed 111
SusWrite 144
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
351% 2.9 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $265 @ launch in Jun '15
AmazonUS $3478 months
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $300

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $320Bench 91%, 684,305 samples2,170x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 91%, 240,055 samples1,268x
Core i7-8700Intel  $312Bench 88%, 293,730 samples927x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 962,548 samples675x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,286,087 samples651x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $861Bench 137%, 751,808 samples583x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 273%, 374,578 samples226x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples189x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 105%, 836,785 samples153x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 82%, 538,292 samples316x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples187x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 24,010 samples140x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $1,306

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