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WD WD5001FZWX

Black 5TB (2015)

▲ 5197 ▼

Release date: Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 88.5% (32nd of 1015)

more Based on 5,383 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: 60%Average: 88.5% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 5TB (2015) averaged just 11.5% 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 4.29MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 5TB (2015) is 51.1%. 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 99.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 149MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,383 samples)
Rank 3288.5%
Min Avg Max
86.4 Read 149 201
128 Write 191 239
64.5 Mixed 99.1 124
98.8 SusWrite 158 203
110% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.86 4K Read 4.29 6.5
2.2 4K Write 3.15 3.5
0.6 4K Mixed 1.02 1.1
351% 2.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 213 217 216 214 214 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 239
Mixed 129
SusWrite 216
137% 187 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
464% 3.73 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 184 203 199 197 197 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 227
Mixed 112
SusWrite 197
126% 171 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
354% 2.83 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 86 102 94 95 95 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 98.5
Write 102
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 95.7
70% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
276% 2.27 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $265 @ launch in Jun '15
AmazonUS $3473 months
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $300

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $300Bench 92%, 665,630 samples1,894x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $220Bench 92%, 249,943 samples1,110x
Core i7-8700Intel  $285Bench 89%, 255,093 samples791x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 1,006,455 samples607x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,217,004 samples581x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,089Bench 136%, 705,291 samples505x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 270%, 342,716 samples194x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 679,494 samples167x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $82Bench 285%, 288,759 samples144x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 83%, 500,937 samples289x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 496,234 samples177x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 92,013 samples118x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,245

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