WD WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

Gold 12TB (2017)
BENCHMARKS (1,221)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $280

Effective Speed +28% Effective Speed 28%Average Score +46% Read 27%, Write 37%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 143%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 48%, SusWrite 28%Peak Score +52% Read 21%, Write 29%, 4K Read 73%, 4K Write 138%, Mixed 23%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 23%Value & Sentiment User Rating -12%, Market Share -31,822%, Price -239%, Value 76%Nice To Haves +48% Age 48%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 113% (1^st of 1014)

Based on 1,221 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD121KRYZ-01, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB1, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB

Poor: 72%Average: 113% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 12TB (2017) averaged 12.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Gold 12TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.28MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.22MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 12TB (2017) is 65.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,221 samples)

Rank 1113%

Min	Avg	Max
122	Read 197	241
122	Write 197	243
67.8	Mixed 96.1	121
115	SusWrite 194	242
125% 171 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	4K Read 1.58	2.96
4.1	4K Write 5.22	5.97
0.94	4K Mixed 1.28	1.6
305% 2.69 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 26 days ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 217 224 226 216 223 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 241

Mixed 101

SusWrite 220

145% 199 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 5.3

4K Mixed 1.3

305% 2.7 MB/s

USA-User, 15 days ago.

69GB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 252 240 171 162 209 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 180

Mixed 86.6

SusWrite 202

116% 159 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5.1

4K Mixed 1.4

308% 2.63 MB/s

USA-User, 23 days ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 179 182 184 179 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 159

Mixed 92.9

SusWrite 180

110% 151 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.4

310% 2.67 MB/s

AUT-User, 1 month ago.

5TB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 140 146 140 133 MB/s

86% Excellent

Write 188

Mixed 85.2

SusWrite 142

105% 143 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.3

4K Mixed 1

255% 2.47 MB/s

NOR-User, 30 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 141 139 141 139 MB/s

80% Excellent

Write 144

Mixed 84.7

SusWrite 140

93% 127 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 5.2

4K Mixed 1.4

314% 2.7 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 110 111 113 112 MB/s

64.7% Good

Write 109

Mixed 77.8

SusWrite 113

76% 103 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 5.5

4K Mixed 1.4

303% 2.67 MB/s

BEL-User, 1 month ago.

123GB free

Firmware: 01.01H01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 132 124 130 128 MB/s

44.8% Average

Write 133

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 128

56% 77.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.2

4K Write 7.3

4K Mixed 0.3

177% 2.6 MB/s

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 201%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER - $550

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,160x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	869x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	608x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	528x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	489x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	311x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	212x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	290x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples	158x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 11,505 samples	94x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,807

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USA-User

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8 months ago.

big and fast that what she said

ColdSpy

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330

Good

4 years ago.

The fastest and highest capacity HDD in the market currently. Liked that naming scheme but most users aren't going to see advantages of very high capacity HDD as this HDD is intended for storing huge amount of data and is very pricey.

Thibs

level
188

Good

4 years ago.

The best HD, but for specific use only because it is too expensive.

ExecutableFiles

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122

Average

4 years ago.

nice

Test19

level
104

Excellent

3 years ago.

And now in an 18TB version for under $600.

hallowseries

level
32

Good

8 months ago.

i dont think you need that namt terabytes ;-;

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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 WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

Average Bench: 113% (1^st of 1014)

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WD WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

Average Bench: 113% (1st of 1014)

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