WD Red Pro 6 TB Review - High Performance NAS HDD Gets a Capacity Bump

Performance - Raw Drives

Prior to evaluating the performance of the drives in a NAS environment, we wanted to check up on the best-case performance by connecting one of them directly to a SATA 6 Gbps port. Using HD Tune Pro 5.50, we ran a number of tests on a raw drives. The following screenshots present the results for the WD Red Pro. Corresponding images for similar drives that have been evaluated previously are also provided in the drop-down box for easy comparison.

Sequential Reads

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red

Sequential Writes

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red

Random Reads

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red

Random Writes

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red

Miscellaneous Reads

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red

Miscellaneous Writes

WD Red ProSeagate Enterprise Capacity v4Seagate Enterprise NAS HDDHGST Deskstar NASHGST Ultrastar He6WD Red