WD WD30PURZ

Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)

Purple Surveillance 3TB (201...
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -12%Read -15%, Write -11%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -14%Peak Score +9% Read -3%, Write -1%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 51%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment -865%User Rating -19%, Market Share -3,438%, Price -3%, Value -1%Nice To Haves +41% Age 41%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 76.9% (93^rd of 1015)

Based on 3,058 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD30PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD30PURZ-64P6ZY0, WDC WD30PURZ-74AKKY0, WDC WD30 PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD30 PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD30PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD30PURZ-74A, WDC WD30PURZ-85G, WDC WD30 PURZ-74AKKY0

Poor: 45%Average: 76.9% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.42MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 130MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,058 samples)

Rank 9376.9%

Min	Avg	Max
74.3	Read 135	194
72.9	Write 130	187
32.3	Mixed 67.3	89.6
69.1	SusWrite 133	193
85.1% 116 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.94	2.2
0.78	4K Write 2.42	3.8
0.5	4K Mixed 0.88	1
182% 1.41 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 5 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 199 200 201 200 200 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 197

Mixed 88.3

SusWrite 195

124% 170 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 0.8

184% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 148 147 149 150 MB/s

81.3% Excellent

Write 132

Mixed 60.9

SusWrite 149

87% 119 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 1

208% 1.67 MB/s

POL-User, 6 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 130 130 129 129 MB/s

75.4% Very good

Write 131

Mixed 68.4

SusWrite 129

84% 116 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

193% 1.47 MB/s

POL-User, 19 hrs ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00B80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 127 130 130 130 129 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 128

Mixed 69.6

SusWrite 130

83% 114 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 3.7

4K Mixed 1.1

270% 2.23 MB/s

ROU-User, 6 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 97 98 99 99 MB/s

60% Above average

Write 72.4

Mixed 49.7

SusWrite 98.1

61% 82.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.8

156% 1.23 MB/s

VNM-User, 8 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 01.12B.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 67 66 67 66 MB/s

48% Average

Write 68.9

Mixed 70.6

SusWrite 66.2

57% 76.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

191% 1.4 MB/s

GBR-User, 20 hrs ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 81 77 78 79 MB/s

44.5% Average

Write 93.4

Mixed 50

SusWrite 78

55% 74.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.5

112% 1.07 MB/s

THA-User, 6 days ago.

235GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 78 79 MB/s

43.9% Average

Write 79.4

Mixed 51.4

SusWrite 78.6

52% 70.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.9

169% 1.3 MB/s

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 176%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-V - $200

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Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	516x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	355x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	254x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	448x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	358x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	121x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	53x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	168x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 83%, 4,507 samples	85x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBTeamBench 87%, 9,447 samples	68x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,420

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)

Average Bench: 76.9% (93^rd of 1015)

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Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)

Average Bench: 76.9% (93rd of 1015)

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Average Bench: 76.9% (93^rd of 1015)