WD WD50EFRX

Red 5TB (2014)

▲ Red 5TB (2014)
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Release date: Q2 2014.

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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average User Bench -27%Read -10%, Write -16%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write 8%, Mixed 38%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite -19%Peak Lab Bench -5%Read -2%, Write -18%, 4K Read -58%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 48%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -45%, Market Share -28,244%, Price -78%, Value -17%Nice To Haves -11%Age -11%

Market Leaders

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 78.3% (86^th of 1010)

Based on 353 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50 EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68M, WDC WD50EFRX-68L0BN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN0, WDC WD50 EFRX-68L0BN1

Poor: 54%Average: 78.3% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 5TB (2014) averaged 21.6% 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 0.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 5TB (2014) is 45.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 5TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 128MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 353 samples)

Rank 8678.3%

Min	Avg	Max
96.8	Read 145	197
85.4	Write 128	162
66.7	Mixed 113	155
80.3	SusWrite 127	168
95% 128 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.39	4K Read 0.73	1.1
0.91	4K Write 2.3	2.9
0.14	4K Mixed 0.4	1
118% 1.14 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 5 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 147 148 148 146 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 140

Mixed 93.2

SusWrite 146

95% 130 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1

211% 1.67 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 days ago.

307GB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 102 104 105 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 136

Mixed 84.6

SusWrite 104

89% 121 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

197% 1.5 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $77

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $238Bench 84%, 140,380 samples	765x
Core i7-6700KIntel $276Bench 88%, 226,051 samples	565x
Core i5-6500Intel $211Bench 70%, 75,160 samples	232x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples	398x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $235Bench 71%, 419,597 samples	385x
GTX 970Nvidia $300Bench 64%, 328,704 samples	211x

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850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 319,548 samples	259x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples	115x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 197%, 103,099 samples	55x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 72%, 29,400 samples	108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $130Bench 86%, 111,331 samples	98x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 72%, 21,697 samples	86x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $840

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $359	Nvidia GTX 1070 $340	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $235	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $97
Intel Core i5-8600K $237	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WD50EFRX

Red 5TB (2014)

Average Bench: 78.3% (86^th of 1010)

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Average Bench: 78.3% (86th of 1010)

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