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WD WD6002FZWX

Black 6TB (2016)

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Release date: Q4 2016.

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Average Bench: 101% (6th of 1015)

Based on 2,605 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD6002FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD6002FZWX-0, WDC WD60 02FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD6002FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD60 02FZWX-00GBGB0
Poor: 66%Average: 101% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black 6TB (2016) averaged 1.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 6TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.71MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 6TB (2016) is 57.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 6TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,605 samples)
Rank 6101%
Min Avg Max
111 Read 176 217
117 Write 180 220
51.8 Mixed 76.2 89
104 SusWrite 175 215
111% 152 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1 1.1
3.11 4K Write 4.89 6.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
211% 2.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 218 216 211 219 218 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 204
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 217
128% 176 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.9
216% 1.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 148 147 150 152 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 194
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 149
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 0.6
208% 2.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,420,016 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $300 @ launch in Dec '16
BHPhotoUS $2497 months
AmazonUS $30022 mins
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Typical Black 6TB (2016) Builds (Compare 821 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 132%
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Desktop
Desktop 145%
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Workstation
Workstation 126%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 107%, 328,671 samples655x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $693Bench 111%, 16,181 samples82x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $485Bench 121%, 68,406 samples50x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $750Bench 153%, 383,820 samples392x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 505,858 samples79x
RTX 2080 TiNvidia  $1,080Bench 199%, 49,937 samples55x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 287%, 34,546 samples103x
900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GBIntel  $255Bench 454%, 1,090 samples78x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 204%, 143,079 samples56x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 4,751 samples102x
F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 1,140 samples52x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 98%, 2,175 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 127% - Outstanding Total price: $1,239

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