WD Gold 1TB Enterprise Hard Disk

WD Gold 1TB Enterprise 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5" WD1005FBYZ

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Options (6)

	2TB $174.99
	4TB $284.99
	6TB $385.00
	8TB $90.00
	10TB $659.45
	12TB $389.99

Specifically designed for use in enterprise servers, datacenter servers, and storage systems
Designed for 24x7x365 reliability at workloads up to 550TB per year
High level of reliability with up to 2.5 million hours MTBF
Performance-optimized for heavy application workloads
5-year limited Warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	WD1005FBYZ
Release Date	January 2018 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	1000 GB
Cache	128MB
RPM	7200
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

WD Gold 1TB Enterprise Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

WD Gold 1TB Enterprise Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS (29th)		103%
Toshiba X300 6TB (29th)		103%
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008 2TB (29th)		103%
Toshiba P300 3TB (29th)		103%
Toshiba 5TB PH3500U-1I72 (33rd)		102%
Toshiba X300 4TB (34th)		101%
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DM010 (34th)		101%
Toshiba X300 4TB hdwe140ezsta (36th)		~
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB ST3000VX010 (36th)		~
Seagate 1TB Enterprise ST1000NM0033 (36th)		~
WD Gold 1TB Enterprise (36th)		100%
Toshiba P300 1TB (40th)		98%
Toshiba 1TB HDWD110XZSTA (40th)		98%
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB ST4000DM005 (42nd)		97%
Seagate SSHD 2TB STCL2000400 (42nd)		97%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB NAS ST2000VN004 (42nd)		97%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB NAS ST3000VN007 (42nd)		97%
Toshiba 4TB PH3400U-1I72 (42nd)		97%
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB (42nd)		97%
Seagate BarraCuda 500GB ST500DM009 (48th)		96%
WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX (48th)		96%

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WD Gold 1TB Enterprise Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 30.8% below average.
11 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Seagate Barracuda 1TB offers 183.6% better value priced at $74.