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WD WD5001FZWX

Black 5TB (2015)

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Release date: Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 88.6% (33rd of 1015)

more Based on 4,854 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: 62%Average: 88.6% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 5TB (2015) averaged just 11.4% 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 4.25MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 5TB (2015) is 49.4%. 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 151MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,854 samples)
Rank 3388.6%
Min Avg Max
92.9 Read 151 199
123 Write 190 235
63.8 Mixed 97.3 120
101 SusWrite 157 196
109% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.2 4K Read 4.25 6.35
1.15 4K Write 3.1 3.5
0.6 4K Mixed 1.02 1.1
348% 2.79 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 163 170 166 166 167 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 216
Mixed 100
SusWrite 167
122% 166 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
389% 3.13 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 189 184 194 189 190 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 188
Mixed 102
SusWrite 190
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
376% 3.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 149 150 151 151 151 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 138
Write 155
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 151
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
296% 2.33 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 44 44 44 43 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 210
Write 43.9
Mixed 61.6
SusWrite 43.4
66% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 6.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
366% 2.67 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $265 @ launch in Jun '15
AmazonUS $29422 months
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Gaming
Gaming 59%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 55%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $299

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $300Bench 93%, 535,051 samples964x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $218Bench 93%, 185,120 samples566x
Core i7-8700Intel  $274Bench 90%, 220,727 samples415x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $267Bench 57%, 954,854 samples323x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 106%, 748,267 samples319x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 135%, 503,614 samples266x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $79Bench 272%, 239,972 samples104x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 107%, 427,688 samples98x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 63%, 211,047 samples83x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 82%, 383,864 samples152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 312,770 samples80x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 88%, 16,555 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,014

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