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WD30EFAX-68JH4N0 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 25.8% (1036th of 1072)

Based on 366 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD30EFAX-68JH4N0
Poor: 14%Average: 25.8% Great: 38%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD30EFAX-68JH4N0 3TB averaged 74.1% 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 19.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 156MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD30EFAX-68JH4N0 3TB is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD30EFAX-68JH4N0 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.23MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.27MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 366 samples)
Rank 103625.8%
Min Avg Max
110 Read 165 198
103 Write 156 183
64.9 Mixed 87.8 116
77.9 SusWrite 148 184
31.3% 139 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.13 4K Read 19.5 44.7
8.73 4K Write 11.3 12.7
0.8 4K Mixed 1.03 1.1
36.9% 10.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 DQ Read 1.23 1.5
9.6 DQ Write 11.5 14.1
0.6 DQ Mixed 1.27 2
2.5% 4.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 176 173 175 176 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 193
Write 169
Mixed 126
SusWrite 175
37% 166 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 1.1
72% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 4.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 84 84 84 MB/s
27.8% Poor
Read 179
Write 173
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 84.5
29% 128 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 1
57% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 126 126 126 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 137
Write 141
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 128
27% 121 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 0.7
47% 12.7 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 11.6
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 4.63 MB/s
409GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 94 92 91 90 MB/s
21% Poor
Read 113
Write 117
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 91.7
22% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 11
4K Mixed 1
39% 11.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 12.6
DQ Mixed 1
2% 4.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 99 99 100 98 MB/s
20.6% Poor
Read 99.3
Write 114
Mixed 86.7
SusWrite 99.6
22% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 0.7
38% 11 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 0.1
2% 4.23 MB/s
471GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 72 96 91 97 92 MB/s
13.4% Very poor
Read 118
Write 144
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 89.3
23% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 0.7
10% 4.67 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 12
DQ Mixed 1.4
3% 4.83 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 57 46 40 42 43 MB/s
13.3% Very poor
Read 182
Write 120
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 49.4
23% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 0.7
10% 4.7 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 5.8
DQ Mixed 0.8
1% 2.33 MB/s
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Gaming 116%
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Desktop
Desktop 108%
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Workstation
Workstation 127%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 UD

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel  $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples254x
Core i5-12600KIntel  $178Bench 109%, 101,563 samples186x
Core i9-12900KIntel  $297Bench 117%, 66,991 samples165x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples141x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples133x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples97x
SSD
WD30EFAX-68JH4N0 3TBWDCBench 26%, 366 samples1x
RAM
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples155x
KF548C38-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 152%, 3,734 samples79x
552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 152%, 1,113 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $494

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