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WD WD50EZRX

Green 5TB (2014)

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Release date: Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 76.9% (91st of 1015)

more Based on 1,889 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD50EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD50EZRX-11NWHB1, WDC WD50EZRX-11MVLB1, WDC WD50 EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD50EZRX-00M, WDC WD50EZRX-11M, WDC WD50EZRX-22KH5B1
Poor: 49%Average: 76.9% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The WD Green 5TB (2014) averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Green 5TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 5TB (2014) is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 5TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,889 samples)
Rank 9176.9%
Min Avg Max
85.5 Read 139 184
70 Write 123 159
41.7 Mixed 82 106
76.7 SusWrite 129 165
86.9% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.95 1.3
0.68 4K Write 2.5 3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
190% 1.46 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 166 167 168 165 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 158
Mixed 79.4
SusWrite 167
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.33 MB/s
859GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 141 140 140 139 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 134
Write 125
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 140
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
179% 1.47 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 133 127 128 130 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 142
Write 112
Mixed 103
SusWrite 129
90% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.5 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $175 @ launch in Jun '14
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Gaming
Gaming 93%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - $400

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $239Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,157x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples615x
Core i7-8700Intel  $330Bench 87%, 349,567 samples435x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $399Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples297x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples264x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples262x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples90x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples81x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples80x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples116x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples68x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples64x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,156

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