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Purple 2TB (2014)

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Release date: Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 66.2% (155th of 1015)

more Based on 19,126 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0B1, WDC WD20PURX-89P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-78AKYY0, WD20PURX-68P8ZY0, WD20PURX-08EUEE, WDC WD20PURX-64E6EY0, WDC WD20PURX-64D85T0, WDC WD20PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P, WDC WD20PURX-70P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-69PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-69AKYY0, WDC WD20PURX-89P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-85D8PB0, WDC WD20PURX-64EFGY0, WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64A, WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WD20PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-64GVNYO, WD20PURX-08DJEU, WDC WD20PURX-64VNY0, WD20PURX-001CA0, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD20 PURX-78P6ZYO, WDC WD20 PURX-64PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-08U6AA0, WDC WD20PURX-60GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-25T0FY0, WDC WD20PURX-64E5EYO, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-64N96Y0, WDC WD20PURX-78P, WDC WD20 PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6EY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64E5EY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD20PURX-74P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-60P6ZY0, WD20PURX-64E5EY0, WD20PURX-08JDJD, WD20PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD20PURX-64PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD20 PURX-89P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-89P

The WD Purple is a surveillance drive with low power consumption and a design that's optimized for 24x7 operation. There is actually little beyond marketing that separates the Purple from the Red and Green drives. They all share almost identical hardware. The thing that does differentiate the Purple drives is their firmware which supports AllFrame, a surveillance specific feature. Allframe handles the cache in a way that is optimized for video streams. The AllFrame technology however is only enabled when used in conjunction with a supported host controller, most of which are only found in dedicated NVR (Network Video Recording) devices. As a result there is no benefit in using this drive in a HTPC to record video streams, because the surveillance specific functions won't be enabled. In terms of effective speed the Purple lags the new Red and Green drives by around 26%. [Oct '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 39%Average: 66.2% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The WD Purple 2TB (2014) averaged 33.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.25MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple 2TB (2014) is 47.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Purple 2TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,126 samples)
Rank 15566.2%
Min Avg Max
66.8 Read 116 152
65.9 Write 115 148
29.9 Mixed 62.2 79
60.9 SusWrite 115 151
74.7% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.74 0.9
1.1 4K Write 2.25 2.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.89 1
172% 1.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 139 139 138 141 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 146
Write 130
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 139
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 143 144 142 142 MB/s
81.3% Excellent
Read 141
Write 138
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 142
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.33 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 136 136 137 137 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 131
Write 120
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 137
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 140 136 137 135 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 127
Write 131
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 136
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.43 MB/s
284GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 81 81 83 81 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 127
Write 124
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 81
72% 98.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
621GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 72 70 71 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 132
Write 140
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 70.9
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
184GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 74 77 78 75 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 71.3
Write 77
Mixed 51.1
SusWrite 76.8
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $93 @ launch in Jul '14
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Gaming 190%
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Desktop 107%
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Workstation
Workstation 192%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING WIFI

CPU
Core i9-11900KIntel  $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples2,681x
Core i7-11700KIntel  $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples2,228x
Core i9-10900KIntel  $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples761x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,147x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples1,098x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples940x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples972x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples689x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples471x
RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples309x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples242x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTZR 2x16GBGBench 91%, 10,357 samples236x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $997

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