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WD WD3000FYYZ

Re 3TB (2012)

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Release date: Q2 2012.

Average Bench: 80.4% (78th of 1015)

more Based on 2,104 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL0B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B3, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-48J7HB1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-90UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-12, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B20, WDC WD3000FYYZ-D, WDC WD3000FYYZ-36UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-50UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-05UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-05UL1, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-05UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B1, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B2, WDC WD3000FYYZ-03UL1B3, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B1, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD3000FYYZ-31UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B0, WD3000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-50UL1B0, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B3, WDC WD30 00FYYZ-01UL1B2

The WD Re is an enterprise grade Hard Drive which is able to handle up to 550 TB of data transfers per year. The Re drive has a solid performance profile but it only matches its significantly cheaper WD Black desktop counterpart. Both the Black and the Re have five year warranties and both drives are available in capacities up to 4TB. Comparing the 2013 2TB WD Black and the 3TB Re shows that the two drives have a similar performance profiles with effective speeds of around 130 MBps. Considering that the equivalent capacity black is around 15% cheaper there is, unsurprisingly, little incentive for most consumers to consider the enterprise Re. [Oct '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 53%Average: 80.4% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The WD Re 3TB (2012) averaged just 19.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Re 3TB (2012) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.13MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Re 3TB (2012) is 43.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Re 3TB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 133MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,104 samples)
Rank 7880.4%
Min Avg Max
98 Read 144 176
84.1 Write 133 160
45.8 Mixed 84.2 104
48.4 SusWrite 135 164
91.2% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.8 1
1.36 4K Write 3.13 3.7
0.7 4K Mixed 1.02 1.2
205% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
855GB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 138 138 141 139 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 142
Write 142
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 138
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.73 MB/s
426GB free
Firmware: KF06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 136 134 134 135 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 134
Write 132
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 135
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.8 MB/s
332GB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 165 160 166 165 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 94
Write 91.3
Mixed 67
SusWrite 164
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.63 MB/s
332GB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 164 159 165 166 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 88.5
Write 94
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 163
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
207% 1.6 MB/s
404GB free
Firmware: 01.01K03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 113 114 113 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 126
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 113
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.87 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $201 @ launch in May '12
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples8,157x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $138Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,869x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $185Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,927x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,522x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,345x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,174x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples684x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples550x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $108Bench 212%, 171,271 samples549x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,017x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,021x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples786x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $725

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