WD Blue™

DATA SHEET PC HARD DRIVES

WD Blue™ internal hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web
applications, and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PCs and
in office applications.

NoTouch™ Ramp Load Technology

Safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to protect your data.

Low Power Consumption

State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features help ensure
low power consumption.

Tested For Compatibility

We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our F.I.T. Lab to give
our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Highlights Upgrading Your Drive is Easy

• Reliable everyday computing Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True
• Western Digital quality and reliability Image™ WD Edition cloning software, available as a free download on the WD Support site.
This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don’t have to reinstall
• Free Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition
your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
cloning software
• Massive capacity up to 6TB
• Two year limited warranty
Two Year Limited Warranty
As an industry-leading hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital stands behind their PC
storage solutions with a 2-year limited warranty included with every WD Blue hard drive.

INTERFACE PERFORMANCE CLASS

SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM Class

FORM FACTOR CAPACITIES

3.5-inch 500GB to 6TB

MODEL NUMBERS
WD60EZAZ WD30EZRZ WD10EZRZ
WD60EZRZ WD20EZAZ WD10EZEX
WD40EZRZ WD20EZRZ WD5000AZRZ

THE WESTERN DIGITAL ADVANTAGE

Western Digital puts our products through
extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior
to any product launch. This testing ensures our
products consistently meet the highest quality and
reliability standards of the Western Digital brand.
Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge
Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as
helpful software and utilities. Our customer support
lines have longer operational hours to ensure you
get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-
free customer support lines are here to help or you
can access our Western Digital Support site for
additional details.
 WD Blue™
DATA
DATASHEET
SHEET PC
PC HARD
HARD DRIVES
DRIVES

Specifications 6TB 6TB 4TB 3TB 2TB 2TB 1TB 1TB 500GB
Model Number² WD60EZAZ WD60EZRZ WD40EZRZ WD30EZRZ WD20EZAZ WD20EZRZ WD10EZRZ WD10EZEX WD5000AZRZ
Formatted capacity¹ 6TB 6TB 4TB 3TB 2TB 2TB 1TB 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 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RoHS compliant³ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Performance
Interface transfer rate (max)¹
Buffer to host 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s
Host to/from drive (sustained) 180 MB/s 170 MB/s 175 MB/s 147 MB/s 180 MB/s 147 MB/s 150 MB/s 150 MB/s 150 MB/s
Cache (MB)¹ 256 64 64 64 256 64 64 64 64
Performance Class 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM 5400 RPM
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles⁴ 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
Non-recoverable read errors
per bits read <1 in 1015 <1 in 1015 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014
Limited warranty (years)⁵ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Power Management6
Average power requirements (W)
12VDC ±10% (A, peak) 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.73 1.31 1.73 1.2 2.5 2.0
Read/Write 4.8 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.3 6.8 3.3
Idle 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.3 3.0 2.5 6.1 2.5
Standby and Sleep 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.4
Environmental Specifications7
Temperature (°C, on the base casting)
Operating 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60
Non-operating -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70
Shock (Gs)
Operating (2 ms, read/write) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Operating (2 ms, read) 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
Non-operating (2 ms) 250 250 250 250 350 250 350 350 350
Acoustics (dBA)8
Idle 23 25 23 23 21 23 21 29 29
Seek (average) 27 28 27 27 26 27 24 30 30
Physical Dimensions
Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1
Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6
Weight (lb/kg, ± 10%) 1.65/0.75 1.65/0.75 1.40/0.64 1.40/0.715 0.99/0.45 1.32/0.60 0.99/0.45 0.99/0.45 0.99/0.45

¹ As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) = one ² Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. non-operating tests.
billion bytes and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. ³ WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide 8
Sound power level.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating after June 8, 2011, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous
environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated
(MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per ⁴ Controlled unload at ambient condition.
second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits ⁵ See http://support.wd.com/warranty for regional specific
per second. Effective maximum SATA 6 Gb/s transfer warranty details.
rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification 7
Power measurements at room-ambient temperature.
published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this
⁶ No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after
specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

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