Western Digital Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ Hard Disk

Western Digital Gold 8TB Datacenter 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5" WD8002FRYZ

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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
Package includes a hard drive only - no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.
Ships in WD-certified box for safe transit during shipping

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Specifications Overview

Model	WD8002FRYZ
Release Date	April 2016 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	8000 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

Western Digital Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Western Digital Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ Performance

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

WD Gold 12TB (1st)		117%
WD Gold 10TB (2nd)		113%
Western Digital Gold 6TB WD6002FRYZ (3rd)		106%
WD Gold 8TB (4th)		105%
Western Digital Black 6TB (5th)		104%
WD Velociraptor WD1000DHTZ 1TB (6th)		101%
HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB (7th)		~
Western Digital Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ (7th)		100%
Seagate BarraCuda 3TB ST3000DM008 (9th)		97%
Western Digital Black 4TB WD4004FZWX (9th)		97%
Western Digital Black 6TB WD6001FZWX (11th)		96%
Seagate 6TB ST6000DM001 (12th)		95%
Seagate BarraCuda 2TB ST2000DM006 (12th)		95%
Seagate ST5000DM002 (12th)		95%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB ST4000VN008 (15th)		94%
Western Digital Gold 4TB Enterprise (15th)		94%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB WD5000HHTZ (15th)		94%
Western Digital Red 10TB NAS (15th)		94%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB WD2500HHTZ (15th)		94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (20th)		93%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB ST4000VX007 (21st)		92%

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Western Digital Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 43.8% below average.
5 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Seagate 8TB Barracuda ST8000DM004 offers 259.8% better value priced at $120.