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WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 28.3% (1021st of 1071)

Based on 380 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1
Poor: 15%Average: 28.3% Great: 39%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB averaged 71.7% 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 23.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 161MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB is 24.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.26MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.28MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 380 samples)
Rank 102128.3%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 171 216
95.2 Write 161 189
64.5 Mixed 89.1 121
84.3 SusWrite 159 189
32.5% 145 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.41 4K Read 23.3 45.4
9.01 4K Write 11.5 12.7
0.8 4K Mixed 1.04 1.1
42.7% 12 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 DQ Read 1.26 1.5
9.4 DQ Write 11.4 14.1
0.6 DQ Mixed 1.28 2.1
2.5% 4.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 83.00A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 179 181 178 178 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 181
Write 182
Mixed 111
SusWrite 179
37% 163 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 12.7
4K Mixed 0.8
61% 16.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 9.6
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 4.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 83.00A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 157 154 155 154 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 172
Write 162
Mixed 102
SusWrite 155
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 1.1
28% 8.17 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 1
3% 5.53 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 83.00A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 155 171 174 173 178 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 188
Write 170
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 165
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 1.1
19% 6.57 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 12.3
DQ Mixed 1.4
3% 5.07 MB/s
764GB free
Firmware: 83.00A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 134 134 134 135 MB/s
19.6% Very poor
Read 145
Write 152
Mixed 89
SusWrite 134
29% 130 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 1.1
19% 7 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 10.3
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 4.3 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: 83.00A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 82 81 80 83 MB/s
12.7% Very poor
Read 92.5
Write 123
Mixed 66.4
SusWrite 81.9
20% 90.8 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 11
4K Mixed 1
13% 5.33 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 12.2
DQ Mixed 1
2% 4.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,747,868 SSDs tested

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Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples709x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples451x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples204x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples287x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples183x
SSD
WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TBWDCBench 28%, 380 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $611

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