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WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 24.7% (1040th of 1072)

Based on 86 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0
Poor: 17%Average: 24.7% Great: 29%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB averaged 75.3% 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. Sequential Write Speed 212MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 206MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB is just 12.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 3.51MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 6.43MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 86 samples)
Rank 104024.7%
Min Avg Max
134 Read 212 259
139 Write 212 265
88.7 Mixed 135 166
120 SusWrite 206 250
43% 191 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.3 4K Read 3.06 4
8.3 4K Write 9.79 11.3
1.24 4K Mixed 1.58 1.8
11.8% 4.81 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.9 DQ Read 3.51 4.7
4.74 DQ Write 6.43 8.6
2.81 DQ Mixed 5.8 7.1
4.17% 5.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 250 253 252 252 251 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 250
Write 256
Mixed 154
SusWrite 251
51% 228 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 1.6
12% 5 MB/s
DQ Read 1.9
DQ Write 6.3
DQ Mixed 5.6
4% 4.6 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 237 238 244 236 242 MB/s
26.2% Poor
Read 200
Write 215
Mixed 135
SusWrite 240
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 1.7
12% 4.4 MB/s
DQ Read 3.8
DQ Write 8
DQ Mixed 6.1
5% 5.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 204 198 192 206 192 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 191
Write 200
Mixed 131
SusWrite 197
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 9.9
4K Mixed 1.3
11% 4.67 MB/s
DQ Read 3.6
DQ Write 5.7
DQ Mixed 4.2
3% 4.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 190 198 193 192 197 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 183
Write 192
Mixed 128
SusWrite 194
39% 174 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 1.5
12% 4.73 MB/s
DQ Read 4.4
DQ Write 6.1
DQ Mixed 6
4% 5.5 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 110 110 116 117 117 MB/s
18.6% Very poor
Read 225
Write 188
Mixed 104
SusWrite 109
35% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 8.1
4K Mixed 1.8
9% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 4.3
DQ Write 7.6
DQ Mixed 2.8
3% 4.9 MB/s
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Gaming 21%
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples940x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples855x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples395x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples180x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples159x
SSD
WD60 03FZBX-00K5WB0 6TBWDCBench 25%, 86 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples61x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $338

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