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): 164 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: 0.60 kg