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WD WD50EFRX

Red 5TB (2014)

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Release date: Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 76% (107th of 1015)

more Based on 901 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: 51%Average: 76% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 5TB (2014) averaged 24.0% 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 2.46MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 5TB (2014) is 46.4%. 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 81.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 901 samples)
Rank 10776%
Min Avg Max
87.4 Read 137 178
70.5 Write 125 161
45.6 Mixed 81.5 106
74.9 SusWrite 127 165
86.5% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.86 1.2
1.19 4K Write 2.46 3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
186% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 154 157 155 156 MB/s
90% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 150
Mixed 98.9
SusWrite 155
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 147 148 147 149 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 144
Write 144
Mixed 99
SusWrite 146
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
152GB free
Firmware: 82.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 138 132 134 135 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 139
Write 136
Mixed 103
SusWrite 134
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.5 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 17 21 15 14 MB/s
14.1% Very poor
Read 30.9
Write 31.8
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 18.2
21% 28 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
45% 0.27 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $199 @ launch in Jun '14
AmazonUS $2302 months
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 46%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B360-F GAMING - $140

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $165Bench 86%, 230,516 samples1,055x
Core i7-8700Intel  $285Bench 89%, 255,093 samples890x
Core i5-8400Intel  $172Bench 85%, 266,154 samples520x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,217,004 samples415x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 979,077 samples359x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 105%, 389,432 samples342x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 106%, 679,494 samples150x
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 176%, 31,830 samples147x
A400 240GBKingston  $34Bench 65%, 325,966 samples132x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 80%, 117,716 samples788x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 83%, 9,808 samples253x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $92Bench 77%, 112,677 samples197x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $746

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