WD WD60EFRX

Red 6TB (2014)

▲ Red 6TB (2014)
BENCHMARKS (11,340)
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BUY • $129

Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -9%Read -13%, Write -14%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -11%Read -12%, Write -15%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -16%Value & Sentiment -4,114%User Rating -17%, Market Share -16,417%, Price -55%, Value 32%Nice To Haves -4%Age -4%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 77.2% (90^th of 1015)

Based on 11,340 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD60EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD60EFRX-68T, WDC WD60EFRX-68TGBN1, WDC WD60 EFRX-68TGBN1, WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1, WDC WD60 EFRX-68MYMN0, WDC WD60 EFRX-68MYMN1, WDC WD60EFRX-68L, WDC WD60EFRX-68MYMN0, WDC WD60EFRX-68M, WDC WD60 EFRX-68L0BN1, WD WD60EFRX-68MYMN1

The 6TB WD Red is one of the first 6TB consumer drives. Sporting five large 1.2TB platters the Red is targeted at consumers for use in 1-8 bay NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. The large platters on the 6TB drive enable slightly faster peak read speeds than on the smaller capacity Reds. Comparing performance between the 2TB and 6TB versions shows that the 6TB version is between 10 and 15% faster. At current market prices ($300) the 6TB red isn't a bad value proposition and, considering that the 6TB Red is just a few months old, prices are likely to drop significantly over the coming months. ^{[Oct '14 HDrivePro]}

Poor: 49%Average: 77.2% Great: 99%

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The WD Red 6TB (2014) averaged 22.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red 6TB (2014) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.96MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.57MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 6TB (2014) is 49.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 6TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 127MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,340 samples)

Rank 9077.2%

Min	Avg	Max
85.6	Read 138	179
76.2	Write 127	163
50.9	Mixed 84.4	109
77.1	SusWrite 130	169
88.3% 120 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 0.83	1
1.05	4K Write 2.57	3
0.6	4K Mixed 0.96	1.1
189% 1.46 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 169 169 169 169 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 166

Mixed 98.6

SusWrite 169

109% 149 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1

202% 1.63 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 157 152 156 153 MB/s

92.5% Outstanding

Write 167

Mixed 96.9

SusWrite 155

108% 146 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1.1

207% 1.57 MB/s

DNK-User, 4 days ago.

841GB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 145 146 145 147 148 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 76.2

Mixed 78.5

SusWrite 142

78% 106 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

195% 1.47 MB/s

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI - $300

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,761x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,665x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,799x

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RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,319x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,138x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,085x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,046x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	812x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	686x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	511x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	508x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	467x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $910

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD60EFRX

Red 6TB (2014)

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