Western Digital WD101FZBX User Manual

PRODUCT BRIEF

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

• Desktop performance hard drive

• Performance storage available in up to 10TB
capacities

• 2X DRAM cache up to 256 MB for faster read
operations

• Designed for creative professionals, gamers and
system builders

• WD’s StableTrac™ and Dynamic Cache Technology
increase reliability and optimize performance

• Industry-leading 5-year limited warranty

3.5-INCH PC HAR D DRIVES

WD_BLACKTM 3.5-i n c h
PERFORMANCE HARD DRIVE

WHERE PERFORMANCE MEETS CAPACITY

INSPIRING PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY

WD_BLACK™ performance storage is designed to enhance your PC experience across heavier
computing tasks whether you are a digital artist, video editor, photographer, or gamer. Available
with an impressive 256 MB of DRAM cache on higher capacit y models, the WD_BLACK drive is
optimized for drive performance so you can spend more time experiencing the things you love
most. Enhance your PC’s performance even further when you combine a WD_BLACK drive with
an SSD for a dual drive configuration, allowing you to benefit from the additional caching of your
operating system onto the SSD for increased performance. All together, the WD_BL ACK drive
gives you the hard drive performance, capacity and an industry leading 5-year limited warranty
for an inspiring three-in-one storage solution.

FOR GAMERS

The WD_BLACK drive is the per fect storage solution for your gaming machine by of fering large
capacities to store your game’s downloadable content (DLC), large cache sizes, and it is the
perfect complement for maximum system performance when combined with an SSD.

FOR CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS

When it comes to storing your creativity and entire digital portfolio, look no further than WD_
BLACK™ per formance storage for your best solution. Use the WD_BL ACK drive for storing your
large multimedia files of photos, videos, games or applications and programs because with a
WD_BLACK drive, you get the best combination of speed, capacit y and large cache sizes.

INTERFACE

SATA 6 Gb/s

FORM FACTOR

3.5-in c h

CAPACITIES

500GB to 10TB

MODEL NUMBERS

WD101 FZBX
WD8001FZB X
WD 6003FZ BX
WD 4005FZ BX
WD2003FZEX
WD1003FZEX
WD5003AZE X

INCREASED RELIABILITY

The WD_BLACK™ drive is equipped with StableTrac Technology (2TB and larger models). This
secures the motor shaft inside of the hard drive to increase reliability and help reduce impact
due to system-induced vibrations from other components such as additional gaming hardware.
By stabilizing the platters inside, the WD_BL ACK drive results in more accurate tracking in a
particular sector during read and write operations, optimizing performance and reliability.

AN INDUSTRY LEADING WARRANTY

Compared to standard hard drives such as WD Blue™, our WD_BLACK™ hard drives pass more
strenuous and aggressive internal testing over a longer period of time which is why the WD_
BLACK drive is backed by an industry leading 5-year limited warranty. Our success combined
with innovation, refinement, and our passion for storage instills confidence in our consumers.

WD BLACK™ 3.5-INCH PC HARD DRIVE

PRODUCT BRIEF 3.5-INC H PC HAR D DRIVES

SPECIFICATIONS

10TB 8TB 6TB 4TB 2TB 1TB 500GB

MODEL NUMBER¹

Recording Technology CMR CMR CMR CMR CMR CMR CMR

Formatted capacity² 10TB 8TB 6TB 4TB 2TB 1TB 500GB

Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch

Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

RoHS compliant³ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

PERFORMANCE

Interface transfer rate (max)¹
Buf fer to host
Host to/from drive (sustained)

Cache (MB)¹ 256 256 256 256 64 64 64

Performance Class 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM

RELIABILITY/DATA INTEGRITY

Load/unload cycles⁴ 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000

Non-recoverable read errors per
bits read

Limited warranty (years)⁵ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

POWER MANAGEMENT

Average power requirements (W)

Read/Write
Idle
Standby and Sleep

6

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS

Temperature (°C)

Operating
Non-operating

Shock (Gs)

Operating (2 m s, read /write)
Operating (2 m s, read)
Non-operating (2 ms)

Acoustics (dBA)8

Idle
Seek (average)

PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS

Height (in./mm, max) 1.0 28/26.1 1. 028/ 26.1 1.028 /26.1 1.02 8/26 .1 1.028 /26.1 1.028/2 6.1 1 .02 8/26.1

Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47 5.787/1 47

Widt h (in./mm, ± .0 1 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6

Weight (lb/kg) 1.65/0.75 ± 3% 1.58/0.72 ± 3% 1.58/0.72 ± 3% 1.58/0.72 ± 10% 1.32/0.60 0.99/0.45 0.95/0.43

WD101FZBX WD8001FZBX WD6003FZBX WD4005FZBX WD2003FZEX WD1003FZEX WD5003A ZEX

6 Gb/s

263 MB/s

14

<1 in 10

8.4

4.6

0.5

7

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
70

250

34
38

6 Gb/s

263 MB/s

<1 in 10

8.2

4.6

0.45

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
70

250

29
36

14

6 Gb/s

227 MB /s

<1 in 10

9.1

7.1

1.0

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
70

300

29
36

6 Gb/s

256 MB/s

14

<1 in 10

9.1

5.8

1.0

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
70

300

29
36

14

6 Gb/s

164 MB /s

<1 in 10

9.5

8.1

1.3

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
70

300

29
34

6 Gb/s

150 MB/s

14

<1 in 10

6.8

6.1

0.8

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
70

350

29
30

14

6 Gb/s

150 MB/s

<1 in 10

6.8

6.1

0.8

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
70

350

29
30

14

Specifications subject to change without notice.

1

Not all p roducts m ay be avai lable in all r egions of t he world.

2

As use d for stora ge capaci ty, one meg abyte (M B) = one milli on byte s, one gigab yte (GB) = on e billion b ytes, an d one
terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer
or cach e, one mega byte (MB) = 1 ,048,576 b ytes. A s used for tr ansfer r ate or inte rface, m egabyt e per secon d (MB/s) = one
milli on byte s per secon d, and gigab it per sec ond (Gb/s) = on e billion b its per sec ond. Eff ective m aximum S ATA 3 Gb/s
transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this
specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

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3

WD hard d rive pro ducts ma nufact ured and so ld worldw ide aft er June 8, 201 1, meet or exc eed Restr iction o f Hazardo us

Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.

4

Controlled unload at ambient condition.

5

See http://support.wd.com/warranty for regional specific warranty details.

6

Power measurements at room-ambient temperature.

7

No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.

8

Sound power level.

2579-810368-A00 September 2020