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Average Bench: 71.7% (120th of 1002)

more Based on 1,200 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64N, WDC WD40PURX-78NZ6Y0, WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD40PURX-78GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64G, WDC WD40 PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40 PURX-64NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-64NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-64N96Y0, WDC WD40PURX-89NZ6Y0
Poor: 47%Average: 71.7% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple 4TB (2014) averaged 28.2% 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 1.93MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 116MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple 4TB (2014) is 47.5%. 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 0.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,200 samples)
Rank 12071.7%
Min Avg Max
79.2 Read 125 167
79.2 Write 124 166
75.1 Mixed 116 155
91.7% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.6 0.87
0.67 4K Write 1.93 2.67
0.15 4K Mixed 0.22 0.28
85.1% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
96.2% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 167
Mixed 153
122% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.85
4K Write 2.64
4K Mixed 0.21
107% 1.23 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
96% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 168
Mixed 151
121% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.85
4K Write 2.72
4K Mixed 0.21
110% 1.26 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
80.6% Excellent
Read 132
Write 149
Mixed 138
105% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 1.81
4K Mixed 0.28
97% 0.95 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
64.2% Good
Read 130
Write 93.8
Mixed 71.7
73% 98.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 1.92
4K Mixed 0.17
70% 0.82 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 8,792,236 HDDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 113%
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Workstation
Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 - $404

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $400Bench 95%, 9,399 samples805x
Core i7-6950XIntel  $1,490Bench 100%, 1,745 samples459x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $395Bench 90%, 14,612 samples351x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $550Bench 125%, 192,223 samples922x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $799Bench 154%, 105,578 samples514x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples182x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $586Bench 214%, 19,518 samples401x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $325Bench 260%, 19,124 samples179x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $518Bench 264%, 5,276 samples158x
RAM
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 134%, 99 samples52x
CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 995 samples41x
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsairBench 81%, 1,456 samples37x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $1,940

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