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WD WD50EFRX

Red 5TB (2014)

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Release date: Q2 2014.

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Average Bench: 77.2% (101st of 1015)

more Based on 442 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50 EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68M, WDC WD50EFRX-68L0BN1, WDC WD50EFRX-68MYMN0, WDC WD50 EFRX-68L0BN1
Poor: 52%Average: 77.2% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 5TB (2014) averaged 22.8% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.36MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 5TB (2014) is 46.8%. 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 105MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 442 samples)
Rank 10177.2%
Min Avg Max
92.7 Read 142 191
82.6 Write 127 160
61.7 Mixed 105 152
79.6 SusWrite 125 168
92.4% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.76 1.1
1 4K Write 2.36 3
0.16 4K Mixed 0.55 1.1
137% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 126 126 127 127 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 118
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 125
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 94 94 94 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 144
Write 144
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 93.2
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
217% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 90 92 92 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 88
Write 91
Mixed 66
SusWrite 91.5
62% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,801,317 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $199 @ launch in Jun '14
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Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $77

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel  $231Bench 84%, 173,629 samples1,102x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $273Bench 88%, 283,364 samples805x
Core i5-6500Intel  $195Bench 69%, 108,036 samples362x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $335Bench 98%, 663,441 samples562x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 593,162 samples530x
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 418,679 samples294x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $101Bench 105%, 437,578 samples348x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 113%, 360,199 samples166x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 178,215 samples78x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 73%, 48,673 samples161x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 87%, 208,510 samples139x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $122Bench 72%, 31,274 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $813

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