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WD4000ABYS-01TNA0 400GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 34.8% (593rd of 1014)

Based on 94 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4000ABYS-01TNA0, WDC WD4000ABYS-01TNA, WDC WD4000ABYS-0
Poor: 25%Average: 34.8% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD4000ABYS-01TNA0 400GB averaged 65.2% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.02MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD4000ABYS-01TNA0 400GB is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD4000ABYS-01TNA0 400GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 55.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)
Rank 59334.8%
Min Avg Max
41.3 Read 62.7 79.6
42.8 Write 60.9 76.6
26.5 Mixed 49.7 73.5
37.2 SusWrite 55.1 76.7
42.3% 57.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 0.57 0.7
1.33 4K Write 2.02 2.4
0.27 4K Mixed 0.65 1
133% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
345GB free
Firmware: 12.01C01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 75 75 76 76 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 82.9
Write 79
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 75
54% 73.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: 12.01C01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 55 MB/s
32.7% Below average
Read 58
Write 55.5
Mixed 46
SusWrite 55.3
40% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: 12.01C01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 56 56 56 54 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 54.8
Write 51.5
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 55.1
38% 51.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: 12.01C01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 46 47 48 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 62.6
Write 60.9
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 46.6
41% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.27 MB/s
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Typical WD4000ABYS-01TNA0 400GB Builds (Compare 2,637 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples620x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples541x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples359x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples307x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples207x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples159x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples92x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples147x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples62x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $353

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