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WD6005FRPZ-01S9PB0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 16.9% (1064th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD6005FRPZ-01S9PB0
Poor: 11%Average: 16.9% Great: 20%

Terrible average bench

The WDC WD6005FRPZ-01S9PB0 6TB averaged 83.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 171MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 149MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD6005FRPZ-01S9PB0 6TB is just 8.25%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD6005FRPZ-01S9PB0 6TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 106416.9%
Min Avg Max
116 Read 171 197
103 Write 146 178
89 Mixed 111 157
117 SusWrite 149 175
32.4% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.49 4K Read 0.99 1.3
1.07 4K Write 2 2.7
0.24 4K Mixed 0.71 1.1
3.47% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 175 175 175 176 MB/s
19.7% Very poor
Read 190
Write 178
Mixed 118
SusWrite 175
37% 165 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
5% 1.67 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
18.8% Very poor
Read 197
Write 166
Mixed 155
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.08
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.28
3% 1.07 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 163 163 164 162 MB/s
18.7% Very poor
Read 186
Write 152
Mixed 89
SusWrite 162
33% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
5% 1.63 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 159 152 158 152 145 MB/s
17% Very poor
Read 167
Write 140
Mixed 91.1
SusWrite 151
31% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
4% 1.3 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 146 150 149 146 148 MB/s
16.6% Very poor
Read 164
Write 148
Mixed 100
SusWrite 145
31% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
4% 1.27 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 148 141 139 143 MB/s
15.9% Very poor
Read 154
Write 141
Mixed 97.5
SusWrite 142
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
4% 1.13 MB/s
122GB free
Firmware: 01.0RRE1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 114 114 118 121 114 MB/s
15.4% Very poor
Read 183
Write 116
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 117
29% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
3% 1.23 MB/s

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