Inspiring Performance‎,‎ Demanding Capacity‎.‎

WD Black hard drives are designed for desktop PC and power users who demand performance‎.‎ Upgrade your old hard drive to a higher capacity and reliability‎.‎

For Creatives & Enthusiasts‎.‎

Whether you’re a photographer‎,‎ video editor‎,‎ digital artist‎,‎ or want to build your own system‎,‎ look no further than WD Black drives as your go‎-to solution‎.‎ WD Black drives deliver inspiring performance for storing large multimedia files of photos‎,‎ videos and applications‎.‎

For Gamers

Tuned for performance and perfect for gaming‎,‎ WD Black drives offer large capacities to store your expanding gaming library‎.‎ Plan for the future of your gaming PC with enough capacity for extra downloadable game content and combine with an SSD for maximum PC performance‎.‎

Additional Features

• Increased Cache Sizes‎:‎ Achieve faster read‎-rate performance and high‎-speed transfer speeds with 128 MB of cache on 5 TB and 6 TB models‎.‎ WD‎'‎s Dynamic Cache Technology improves performance in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes‎.‎
• Dual‎-Core Processing‎:‎ The WD Black drive features a dual‎-core processor that offers twice the processing capability as a standard single‎-core processor to maximize drive performance‎,‎ especially for loading games or large multimedia files‎.‎

Technical Specifications‎:‎

Specifications

• Interface‎:‎ SATA 6 Gb/s
• Form factor‎:‎ 3.5‎-inch
• Advanced Format ‎(‎AF‎)‎‎:‎ Yes

Performance

• Data transfer rate ‎(‎max‎)‎‎:‎ Buffer to host‎:‎ 6 Gb/s‎,‎ Host to/from drive ‎(‎sustained‎)‎‎:‎ 171 MB/s
• Cache ‎(‎MB‎)‎‎:‎ 64
• Rotational speed ‎(‎RPM‎)‎‎:‎ 7200 RPM Class

Reliability/Data Integrity

• Load/unload cycles‎:‎ 300‎,‎000

Power Management

• Average power requirements ‎(‎W‎)‎‎:‎ Read/Write‎:‎ 9.5‎,‎ Idle‎:‎ 8.1‎,‎ Standby/Sleep‎:‎ 1.3

Physical Dimensions

• Height‎:‎ 25.4 mm
• Length‎:‎ 147 mm
• Width‎:‎ 101.6 mm
• Weight‎:‎ 0.68 kg