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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 27.9% (1024th of 1072)

Based on 452 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD60EDAZ-11U78B0
Poor: 14%Average: 27.9% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 6TB averaged 72.1% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 24.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 169MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 6TB is 25.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 6TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.24MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 452 samples)
Rank 102427.9%
Min Avg Max
92.9 Read 169 209
81.7 Write 148 181
61.8 Mixed 94.7 123
75.6 SusWrite 147 184
31.4% 140 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.1 4K Read 24.5 47.7
8.9 4K Write 11.3 12.8
0.7 4K Mixed 1.01 1.2
44.3% 12.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 DQ Read 1.24 1.5
9.6 DQ Write 11.4 13.8
0.5 DQ Mixed 1.25 2
2.5% 4.63 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 157 157 156 160 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 133
Write 85.7
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 157
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 11.7
4K Mixed 1.1
59% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 4.67 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 130 130 131 MB/s
29.9% Poor
Read 144
Write 135
Mixed 91.5
SusWrite 131
28% 125 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 1
60% 15.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 4.37 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 153 149 148 151 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 160
Write 172
Mixed 116
SusWrite 150
34% 149 MB/s
4K Read 8.7
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 1.1
21% 7.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 11.3
DQ Mixed 1.7
3% 4.73 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 113 115 113 113 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 114
Write 104
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 114
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 0.7
36% 10.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 12.2
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 4.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,659,170 SSDs tested

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Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples421x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples234x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples158x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples157x
SSD
WD60EDAZ-11U78B0 6TBWDCBench 28%, 452 samples1x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $360

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