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WD WD60EZRX

Green 6TB (2014)

▲ 5133 ▼

Release date: Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 75.1% (105th of 1015)

more Based on 4,204 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD60EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD60EZRX-22KH5B1, WDC WD60EZRX-11NWHB1, WDC WD60EZRX-00MVLB0, WDC WD60 EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD60EZRX-22MVLB1, WDC WD60EZRX-00M, WDC WD60EZRX-11M, WDC WD60EZRX-11MVLB1, WDC WD60 EZRX-11MVLB1, WDC WD60 EZRX-22KH5B1, WDC WD60EZRX-22K
Poor: 49%Average: 75.1% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The WD Green 6TB (2014) averaged 24.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Green 6TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.96MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.46MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 6TB (2014) is 48.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 6TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,204 samples)
Rank 10575.1%
Min Avg Max
84.1 Read 135 181
75.6 Write 123 162
52.5 Mixed 80.6 106
80.9 SusWrite 126 167
85.3% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.95 1.3
1.1 4K Write 2.46 3
0.7 4K Mixed 0.96 1.1
192% 1.46 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 165 162 158 158 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 164
Mixed 83
SusWrite 161
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 126 126 128 126 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 176
Write 146
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 126
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.13 MB/s
616GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 92 92 92 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 133
Write 126
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 92.1
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
636GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 91 88 89 92 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 106
Write 104
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 90.2
69% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
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Typical Green 6TB (2014) Builds (Compare 780 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8H67 - $140

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $131Bench 67%, 185,630 samples141x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples97x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples83x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples58x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples34x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $30Bench 74%, 237,487 samples27x
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples20x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $19Bench 56%, 142,801 samples19x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples11x
99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 7,477 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $447

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