WD WD4003FZEX

Black 4TB (2013)

Black 4TB (2013)
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Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -3%Read -9%, Write -9%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite -13%Peak Score -6%Read -10%, Write -15%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -18%Value & Sentiment -1,135%User Rating -19%, Market Share -4,349%, Price -116%, Value -56%Nice To Haves -8%Age -8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 79.5% (82^nd of 1015)

Based on 20,205 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD4003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD4003FZEX-00GVNY0, WDC WD4003FZEX-00SRLA0, WDC WD4003FZEX-0, WD4003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD4003FZEX-3, WDC WD40 03FZEX-00Z4S, WD4003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD4003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD40 03FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD4003FZ EX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD40 03FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD4003FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD4003FZ EX

Poor: 58%Average: 79.5% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2013) averaged 20.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 4TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.97MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 4TB (2013) is 39.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 4TB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 132MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20,205 samples)

Rank 8279.5%

Min	Avg	Max
96.6	Read 142	181
90.2	Write 132	163
59.2	Mixed 86.1	109
85.2	SusWrite 134	166
90.9% 124 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.89	1.1
2.3	4K Write 2.97	3.5
0.8	4K Mixed 1	1.1
203% 1.62 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 1 day ago.

513GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 159 158 158 159 MB/s

87.3% Excellent

Write 144

Mixed 93

SusWrite 159

100% 135 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1.2

223% 1.63 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

17GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 128 130 130 130 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 127

Mixed 71.3

SusWrite 129

85% 116 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

205% 1.6 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

676GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 126 125 124 126 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 113

Mixed 75.4

SusWrite 126

79% 107 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1

199% 1.53 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

67GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 140 128 145 147 147 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 86.2

Mixed 58.3

SusWrite 142

68% 92.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

192% 1.5 MB/s

AUS-User, 5 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s

62.1% Good

Write 40.2

Mixed 41.1

SusWrite 41.6

54% 74.5 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 0.6

4K Mixed 0.7

147% 0.9 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

84GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 93 94 90 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 92.1

Mixed 70

SusWrite 92.9

67% 91.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 0.8

168% 1.4 MB/s

BEL-User, 4 days ago.

158GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 94.2

Mixed 65.8

SusWrite 95.8

66% 89.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

191% 1.43 MB/s

PAK-User, 5 days ago.

137GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 109 100 91 92 103 MB/s

56.4% Above average

Write 98.3

Mixed 77.7

SusWrite 98.1

69% 93 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1

202% 1.63 MB/s

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME - $122

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Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	558x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	526x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	470x

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GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	199x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	122x

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850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	61x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	60x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $154Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	28x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $941

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD4003FZEX

Black 4TB (2013)

Average Bench: 79.5% (82^nd of 1015)

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Black 4TB (2013)

Average Bench: 79.5% (82nd of 1015)

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