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WD WD101KRYZ

Gold 10TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 107% (2nd of 1015)

more Based on 1,110 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB0, WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB, WDC WD101KRYZ-01, WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB1, WDC WD10 1KRYZ-01JPDB1, WDC WD10 1KRYZ-01JPDB
Poor: 72%Average: 107% Great: 133%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 10TB (2016) averaged 7.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Gold 10TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.22MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.59MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 10TB (2016) is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 10TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 182MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,110 samples)
Rank 2107%
Min Avg Max
111 Read 191 240
115 Write 190 236
71.8 Mixed 96.4 118
116 SusWrite 182 236
121% 165 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 4K Read 1.29 2.3
4.7 4K Write 5.59 6.5
0.8 4K Mixed 1.22 1.5
294% 2.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 229 248 243 251 238 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 238
Write 242
Mixed 108
SusWrite 242
151% 208 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.4
309% 2.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 219 225 223 226 220 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 207
Write 218
Mixed 101
SusWrite 222
137% 187 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 1.2
297% 2.8 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 198 204 205 201 205 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 216
Mixed 105
SusWrite 202
133% 182 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.2
283% 2.6 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 203 209 200 205 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 172
Mixed 89
SusWrite 205
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.2
289% 2.7 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 138 144 141 144 MB/s
96.2% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 103
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 142
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.4
300% 2.6 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 147 146 145 144 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 109
Write 119
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 146
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.1
260% 2.43 MB/s
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE II - $452

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples200x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples170x
Core i7-6900KIntel  $120Bench 86%, 6,755 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples177x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples86x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples64x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples42x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples40x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples36x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples18x
CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 32GBCorsairBench 134%, 17 samples16x
CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3400C16 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- CMD16GX4M4B3200C16- 32GBCorsairBench 127%, 15 samples14x
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