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Average Bench: 71% (111th of 984)

more Based on 559 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD40PURX-78GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64G, WDC WD40 PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40 PURX-64NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-64NZ6Y0
Poor: 46%Average: 71% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple 4TB (2014) averaged 28.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.92MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 116MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple 4TB (2014) is 44.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Purple 4TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.22MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.59MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 559 samples)
Rank 11171%
Min Avg Max
82.9 Read 125 159
78.6 Write 123 161
74.8 Mixed 116 149
91.1% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.27 4K Read 0.59 0.86
0.84 4K Write 1.92 2.63
0.15 4K Mixed 0.22 0.28
85% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
83.6% Excellent
Read 154
Write 138
Mixed 134
106% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 2.63
4K Mixed 0.29
112% 1.23 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
82.4% Excellent
Read 140
Write 147
Mixed 130
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.2
80% 0.81 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
76.1% Very good
Read 130
Write 135
Mixed 130
99% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.02
4K Mixed 0.23
88% 0.95 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
SYSTEM NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
73.5% Very good
Read 127
Write 129
Mixed 124
96% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.91
4K Write 2.32
4K Mixed 0.19
101% 1.14 MB/s
448GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
67.8% Good
Read 118
Write 118
Mixed 113
88% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.2
99% 1.16 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
57% Above average
Read 87.7
Write 111
Mixed 91.7
73% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.39
4K Write 1.27
4K Mixed 0.21
63% 0.62 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 5,009,192 HDDs tested.

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AmazonUS $134.9912 mins ago.
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Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 116%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 - $512

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $338Bench 96%, 4,827 samples542x
Core i7-6950XIntel  $1,300Bench 102%, 1,245 samples281x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $300Bench 91%, 9,823 samples226x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $530Bench 125%, 81,198 samples679x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia  $699Bench 153%, 24,739 samples199x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $410Bench 100%, 153,986 samples127x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $350Bench 221%, 19,374 samples385x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $150Bench 96%, 92,887 samples210x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung  $320Bench 97%, 15,236 samples171x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,171 samples50x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 134%, 74 samples46x
4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 472 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $1,730

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