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WD WD50EFRX

Red 5TB (2014)

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Release date: Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 77.3% (89th of 1015)

more Based on 1,098 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50 EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68M, WDC WD50EFRX-68L0BN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN0, WDC WD50EFRX-68L, WDC WD50 EFRX-68L0BN1
Poor: 52%Average: 77.3% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 5TB (2014) averaged 22.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red 5TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.45MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 5TB (2014) is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 5TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,098 samples)
Rank 8977.3%
Min Avg Max
88 Read 139 176
72.1 Write 126 161
40.2 Mixed 82.1 106
83.9 SusWrite 130 166
87.6% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.87 1.2
1 4K Write 2.45 3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
186% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 154 157 158 MB/s
93% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 148
Mixed 92.8
SusWrite 157
104% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
205% 1.57 MB/s
327GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 133 129 128 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 161
Write 159
Mixed 101
SusWrite 131
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.53 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 111 114 115 116 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 135
Write 132
Mixed 72.8
SusWrite 114
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.33 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $199 @ launch in Jun '14
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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples587x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples144x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples124x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples237x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples119x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,095Bench 210%, 158,856 samples62x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $147Bench 297%, 331,647 samples59x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples50x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples53x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples45x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $44Bench 84%, 215,644 samples29x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $921

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