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WD WD6001FZWX

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 94.3% (11th of 1015)

more Based on 3,583 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD6001FZWX-00A2VA0, WDC WD60 01FZWX-00A2V, WDC WD6001FZWX-00ZHUA0, WDC WD6001FZWX-00A2V, WDC WD60 01FZWX-00A2VA0, WDC WD6001FZWX-0, WDC WD6001FZWX-00ZHU, WDC WD60 01FZWX-00ZHUA0
Poor: 64%Average: 94.3% Great: 122%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 6TB (2015) averaged just 5.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 6TB (2015) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.01MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 6TB (2015) is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 6TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 100MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 160MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,583 samples)
Rank 1194.3%
Min Avg Max
93.1 Read 160 214
123 Write 198 245
67.2 Mixed 100 125
109 SusWrite 167 215
115% 156 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.85 4K Read 4.54 7.1
2.55 4K Write 3.17 3.5
0.7 4K Mixed 1.01 1.1
360% 2.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: 1A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 209 209 210 211 211 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 237
Mixed 136
SusWrite 211
137% 186 MB/s
4K Read 6.6
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
460% 3.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 214 216 216 215 216 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 125
Write 208
Mixed 97.1
SusWrite 216
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
348% 2.8 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $300 @ launch in Jun '15
AmazonUS $2897 months
EbayUS $29617 mins
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Gaming
Gaming 112%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME - $310

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $175Bench 81%, 80,804 samples813x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $307Bench 82%, 31,910 samples775x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $350Bench 83%, 14,929 samples630x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 137%, 665,207 samples340x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 799,418 samples319x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 81%, 180,306 samples280x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples138x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $391Bench 223%, 46,021 samples111x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $167Bench 323%, 229,960 samples77x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $186Bench 87%, 6,670 samples45x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBG.SKILL  $234Bench 94%, 2,771 samples44x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 91%, 4,032 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Average Total price: $1,619

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Good

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Intel Core i5-11600K $265Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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