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WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 27.1% (1027th of 1072)

Based on 577 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0
Poor: 14%Average: 27.1% Great: 39%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TB averaged 72.8% 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 21.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TB is 25.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.29MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.22MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 577 samples)
Rank 102727.1%
Min Avg Max
97.1 Read 172 209
87.2 Write 153 181
63.7 Mixed 96.3 123
90.8 SusWrite 155 185
32.3% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.41 4K Read 21.1 45.1
8.2 4K Write 11.3 12.7
0.8 4K Mixed 1.03 1.2
39.3% 11.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 1.29 1.5
9.61 DQ Write 11.4 13.8
0.6 DQ Mixed 1.22 1.9
2.47% 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: 177 176 175 175 174 175 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 178
Write 135
Mixed 103
SusWrite 175
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 1.1
72% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 10.1
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 4.13 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 173 173 171 171 MB/s
25.9% Poor
Read 180
Write 180
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 172
35% 156 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 12.6
4K Mixed 1
29% 9.23 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 4.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 165 167 164 167 MB/s
23.3% Poor
Read 184
Write 181
Mixed 127
SusWrite 166
37% 165 MB/s
4K Read 8.4
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 1.1
20% 6.77 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 12.6
DQ Mixed 1.2
3% 5 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 140 142 141 141 MB/s
22% Poor
Read 159
Write 153
Mixed 95.6
SusWrite 141
31% 137 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 1.1
25% 8.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 10.3
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.27 MB/s
516GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 107 107 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 193
Write 171
Mixed 97
SusWrite 107
32% 142 MB/s
4K Read 10.7
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 1.1
24% 7.73 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 11.2
DQ Mixed 1.4
2% 4.57 MB/s
365GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 102 103 101 102 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 136
Write 134
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 103
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 1.1
23% 7.77 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 10.9
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.43 MB/s
427GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 124 125 125 126 MB/s
14.8% Very poor
Read 87.7
Write 86.8
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 125
20% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 1
12% 4.43 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 13.1
DQ Mixed 1.9
3% 5.5 MB/s
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Typical WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TB Builds (Compare 5,666 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel  $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel  $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples686x
GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples261x
SSD
WD30EZAZ-00SF3B0 3TBWDCBench 27%, 577 samples1x
RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $345

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