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Black 5TB (2015)

▲ 5197 ▼

Release date: Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 89.2% (32nd of 1015)

more Based on 5,771 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: 63%Average: 89.2% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 5TB (2015) averaged just 10.8% 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 4.33MB/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 47.7%. 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 96.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,771 samples)
Rank 3289.2%
Min Avg Max
99.7 Read 155 199
129 Write 190 234
61.9 Mixed 96.4 118
97 SusWrite 155 195
109% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.08 4K Read 4.33 6.4
1.9 4K Write 3.11 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: 187 179 182 182 181 182 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 223
Mixed 108
SusWrite 182
128% 175 MB/s
4K Read 6.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.1
462% 3.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 175 174 176 175 176 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 204
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 177
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
244% 1.9 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 151 147 153 151 151 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 226
Mixed 118
SusWrite 152
123% 167 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.1
412% 3.33 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $265 @ launch in Jun '15
AmazonUS $2942 years
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Gaming 92%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 78%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $272Bench 84%, 482,067 samples5,395x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples1,236x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 88%, 484,815 samples646x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples1,251x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples1,187x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 136%, 604,866 samples701x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 615,795 samples709x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples521x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 114%, 367,037 samples224x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples533x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 78%, 86,064 samples184x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,153

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