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WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 19.4% (1060th of 1072)

Based on 1,186 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0
Poor: 14%Average: 19.4% Great: 23%

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Terrible average bench

The WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB averaged 80.6% 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 165MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 163MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB is just 9.07%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.25MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 5.15MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,186 samples)
Rank 106019.4%
Min Avg Max
106 Read 164 202
107 Write 165 203
73.2 Mixed 96 112
99.9 SusWrite 163 201
33.1% 147 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.3 4K Read 1.63 1.9
8.2 4K Write 9.79 11
1 4K Mixed 1.34 1.6
9.37% 4.25 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 DQ Read 1.25 1.4
3.6 DQ Write 5.15 6.6
1.9 DQ Mixed 3.59 4.5
2.63% 3.33 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 162 161 161 156 MB/s
19% Very poor
Read 167
Write 174
Mixed 91.6
SusWrite 160
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 1.1
8% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 4.9
DQ Mixed 4
3% 3.4 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 118 119 118 118 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 185
Write 188
Mixed 100
SusWrite 118
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 1.5
10% 4.4 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 4.1
DQ Mixed 3
2% 2.53 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 97 97 96 MB/s
16.4% Very poor
Read 190
Write 187
Mixed 99.8
SusWrite 96.4
32% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 1.1
10% 4.4 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 3.7
DQ Mixed 3
2% 2.5 MB/s
734GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 113 115 115 MB/s
13.8% Very poor
Read 106
Write 112
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 115
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 1.3
8% 3.77 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 5.7
DQ Mixed 1.8
2% 2.77 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 126 127 135 114 123 MB/s
13.5% Very poor
Read 91
Write 95.7
Mixed 57
SusWrite 124
21% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 1.3
7% 3.43 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 6.3
DQ Mixed 1.4
2% 2.77 MB/s
523GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 104 100 102 102 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 97.7
Write 97.3
Mixed 73
SusWrite 102
21% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 10.1
4K Mixed 1.5
9% 4.27 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 4.5
DQ Mixed 4.2
3% 3.3 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 81.00A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 93 89 89 97 95 MB/s
12.4% Very poor
Read 103
Write 112
Mixed 56.8
SusWrite 93.7
20% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 0.9
8% 4.4 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 6.4
DQ Mixed 1.4
2% 2.73 MB/s
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,167x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,072x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples302x
SSD
WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TBWDCBench 19%, 1,186 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples105x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $336

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