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WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2023.

Average Bench: 27% (1032nd of 1074)

Based on 82 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0
Poor: 18%Average: 27% Great: 37%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TB averaged 73.0% 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 19.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 169MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TB is just 19.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 4.02MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 2.92MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 82 samples)
Rank 103227%
Min Avg Max
106 Read 164 210
105 Write 151 199
58.7 Mixed 129 170
121 SusWrite 169 201
34.5% 153 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.88 4K Read 19.8 41.5
5.9 4K Write 9.8 12.8
0.62 4K Mixed 1.14 1.5
36.7% 10.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.31 DQ Read 4.02 7.5
7.12 DQ Write 10.6 13.6
1.42 DQ Mixed 2.92 4.64
3.5% 5.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 178 186 179 183 MB/s
30.2% Below average
Read 233
Write 180
Mixed 140
SusWrite 182
41% 184 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 1.4
35% 10.1 MB/s
DQ Read 4.1
DQ Write 11.2
DQ Mixed 2.2
3% 5.83 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 199 202 201 198 199 MB/s
27.4% Poor
Read 191
Write 182
Mixed 109
SusWrite 199
38% 170 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 1.3
26% 7.87 MB/s
DQ Read 16.4
DQ Write 10.4
DQ Mixed 3
5% 9.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 138 138 136 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 156
Write 137
Mixed 131
SusWrite 138
32% 141 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 1
46% 12.3 MB/s
DQ Read 4.7
DQ Write 4.6
DQ Mixed 3.9
3% 4.4 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 194 198 193 202 204 MB/s
21.8% Poor
Read 147
Write 160
Mixed 131
SusWrite 198
36% 159 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 9
4K Mixed 1
12% 4.77 MB/s
DQ Read 3.1
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 1.6
3% 5.17 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 132 140 136 130 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 74.1
Write 79
Mixed 55.1
SusWrite 136
20% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 1.3
23% 6.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 122 125 128 131 118 MB/s
14.9% Very poor
Read 108
Write 118
Mixed 143
SusWrite 126
28% 124 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 6.8
4K Mixed 1.6
10% 3.7 MB/s
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Typical WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TB Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation 23%
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System: Novatech BB-47904A

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples7x
Xeon E3-1270 v3IntelBench 75%, 1,918 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples1x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia  $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples1x
SSD
WD60EFPX-68C5ZN0 6TBWDCBench 27%, 82 samples3x
RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 6,401 samples3x
TIMETEC-U8G-1600 Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1438 TIMETEC-U8G-1600 Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 32GBUnknownBench 55%, 3 samples2x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $407

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