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WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 28.8% (1020th of 1072)

Based on 315 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0
Poor: 17%Average: 28.8% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TB averaged 71.2% 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 23.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TB is 22.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

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

(Based on 315 samples)
Rank 102028.8%
Min Avg Max
121 Read 179 213
108 Write 158 184
70.6 Mixed 99.9 122
101 SusWrite 160 187
33.5% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.36 4K Read 23.6 45.4
8.58 4K Write 11.5 12.8
0.8 4K Mixed 1.04 1.2
43.1% 12 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 1.27 1.5
9.73 DQ Write 11.3 14
0.53 DQ Mixed 1.23 2
2.47% 4.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 143 142 142 143 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 147
Write 148
Mixed 93.4
SusWrite 143
30% 133 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 1.1
31% 9.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 11.4
DQ Mixed 0.6
2% 4.33 MB/s
583GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 99 77 97 100 MB/s
21% Poor
Read 133
Write 142
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 94.5
25% 112 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 0.9
36% 9.93 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 13.4
DQ Mixed 2
3% 5.53 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 135 133 128 132 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 137
Write 136
Mixed 110
SusWrite 132
29% 129 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 1
26% 8.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4.6 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 107 107 128 128 118 MB/s
20.2% Poor
Read 156
Write 139
Mixed 86
SusWrite 106
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 12
4K Mixed 1.1
26% 8.47 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.47 MB/s
633GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 99 99 98 98 MB/s
17.1% Very poor
Read 130
Write 110
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 99.2
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 9
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 1
20% 6.83 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 13.4
DQ Mixed 1.2
3% 5.27 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 82 103 110 103 96 MB/s
14.6% Very poor
Read 94.2
Write 97.1
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 97.3
20% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 11
4K Mixed 0.6
17% 6.2 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 11.5
DQ Mixed 1.6
3% 4.67 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,885,778 SSDs tested

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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,928x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples2,087x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples1,728x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,037x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,777x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,252x
SSD
WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TBWDCBench 29%, 315 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples774x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples525x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples490x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $1,051

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