WD WD60EFRX

Red 6TB (2014)

▲ Red 6TB (2014)
BENCHMARKS (11,340)
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BUY • $175

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 -2,518%User Rating -17%, Market Share -9,952%, Price -104%, Value 1%Nice To Haves -4%Age -4%

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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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Good average bench

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

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 22 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 153 155 153 151 154 MB/s

89.1% Excellent

Write 94.4

Mixed 100

SusWrite 152

93% 126 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1.1

209% 1.6 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 133 134 134 132 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 135

Mixed 81

SusWrite 133

89% 122 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1

202% 1.6 MB/s

SWE-User, 16 hrs ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 130 129 129 MB/s

73.5% Very good

Write 135

Mixed 94.8

SusWrite 129

90% 121 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 0.9

191% 1.57 MB/s

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

99GB free

Firmware: 82.00A82

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 112 111 113 111 MB/s

61.1% Good

Write 97.8

Mixed 60.1

SusWrite 111

68% 92.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

195% 1.47 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI - $359

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $350Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,564x
Core i7-9700KIntel $435Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	3,451x
Core i5-9600KIntel $250Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,308x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	950x
RTX 3080Nvidia $735Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	906x
RTX 3070Nvidia $530Bench 148%, 562,666 samples	823x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	781x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $184Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	649x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	537x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	401x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	386x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $198Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	367x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,334

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Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Red 6TB (2014)

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