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Purple 4TB (2014)

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Average Bench: 71.8% (108th of 984)

more Based on 662 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0, 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-89NZ6Y0
Poor: 46%Average: 71.8% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple 4TB (2014) averaged 28.1% 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 48.8%. 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 662 samples)
Rank 10871.8%
Min Avg Max
78.9 Read 126 167
79.2 Write 125 163
74.5 Mixed 116 154
91.8% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.27 4K Read 0.59 0.87
0.81 4K Write 1.93 2.67
0.14 4K Mixed 0.22 0.28
84.6% 0.91 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
87.1% Excellent
Read 147
Write 157
Mixed 135
110% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 2.46
4K Mixed 0.21
95% 1.1 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
82.6% Excellent
Read 140
Write 149
Mixed 119
102% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.05
4K Write 0.21
4K Mixed 0.07
14% 0.11 MB/s
386GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
54.4% Above average
Read 86.4
Write 103
Mixed 94.8
71% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.28
84% 0.89 MB/s
201GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
52.2% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 85.9
Mixed 63.8
61% 81.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 2.13
4K Mixed 0.21
80% 0.92 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
SYSTEM NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
50.9% Above average
Read 92.2
Write 85.7
Mixed 63
60% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.08
4K Write 0.05
4K Mixed 0.03
7% 0.05 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
49.7% Average
Read 87.7
Write 85.3
Mixed 87.3
65% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.19
75% 0.77 MB/s
379GB free
Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED
43.6% Average
Read 79.3
Write 72.6
Mixed 75
57% 75.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.17
62% 0.67 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
34% Below average
Read 89.9
Write 28.6
Mixed 96.8
55% 71.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.23
4K Write 0.68
4K Mixed 0.15
39% 0.35 MB/s
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Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 115%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 - $399

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $320Bench 96%, 5,374 samples554x
Core i7-6950XIntel  $1,300Bench 101%, 1,425 samples291x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $300Bench 90%, 10,647 samples248x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $470Bench 125%, 108,160 samples682x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia  $699Bench 159%, 40,858 samples259x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $390Bench 101%, 171,986 samples138x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $486Bench 216%, 20,077 samples323x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $290Bench 266%, 7,159 samples110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $159Bench 96%, 106,391 samples99x
RAM
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 134%, 84 samples43x
4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 3,688 samples27x
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsairBench 82%, 785 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $1,674

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