WD WD40PURZ

Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)

Purple Surveillance 4TB (201...
BENCHMARKS (8,846)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $71

Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score +0%Read -6%, Write -2%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write 33%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score +14% Read 1%, Write -2%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 63%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -751%User Rating -19%, Market Share -3,072%, Price 16%, Value 70%Nice To Haves +48% Age 48%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 84.3% (52^nd of 1015)

Based on 8,846 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD40PURZ-85T, WD WD40PURZ-85TTDY0, WDC WD40PURZ-85TTDY1, WDC WD40PURZ-74AKKY0, WDC WD40PURZ-85TTDY0, WDC WD40 PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD40PURZ-85AKKY0, WD40PURZ-85TTDY0, WDC WD40PURZ-69N96Y0, WDC WD40PURZ-85U8XY0641, WDC WD40 PURZ-85TTDY0, WDC WD40PURZ-85GXCB0, WDC WD40PURZ-80TTDY0, WDC WD40PURZ-85A, WDC WD40 PURZ-74AKKY0

Poor: 52%Average: 84.3% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017) averaged just 15.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.85MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017) is 61.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 141MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,846 samples)

Rank 5284.3%

Min	Avg	Max
85.1	Read 147	202
84.6	Write 141	184
48.9	Mixed 72.7	89
85.7	SusWrite 146	195
92.8% 127 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.68	4K Read 1.14	2.4
1.77	4K Write 2.85	4.1
0.58	4K Mixed 0.95	1.1
206% 1.64 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ARE-User, 1 day ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 181 180 181 179 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 168

Mixed 88.8

SusWrite 180

114% 155 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3.2

4K Mixed 1

204% 1.67 MB/s

BGR-User, 1 day ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 194 194 195 197 194 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 193

Mixed 83.3

SusWrite 189

116% 159 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.9

194% 1.53 MB/s

ARG-User, 10 hrs ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00B80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 179 186 184 184 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 87.4

SusWrite 183

109% 149 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 4

4K Mixed 1.1

263% 2.23 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 171 170 171 170 MB/s

96.6% Outstanding

Write 163

Mixed 75.4

SusWrite 171

105% 144 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.2

4K Mixed 0.9

205% 1.73 MB/s

MEX-User, 18 hrs ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 164 163 164 165 MB/s

89.9% Excellent

Write 161

Mixed 80.8

SusWrite 164

102% 139 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1

199% 1.53 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 day ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 130 129 132 127 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 120

Mixed 70.5

SusWrite 130

83% 113 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

193% 1.47 MB/s

IRN-User, 17 hrs ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00B80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 145 146 148 151 MB/s

70.2% Very good

Write 87.7

Mixed 55

SusWrite 146

71% 96.8 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 0.6

4K Mixed 0.3

107% 0.8 MB/s

IND-User, 3 days ago.

864GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 117 116 115 118 MB/s

60.2% Good

Write 88.6

Mixed 57.8

SusWrite 117

65% 89 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.9

177% 1.4 MB/s

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 23%

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System: HP Z600 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples	297x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples	272x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	143x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	130x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	123x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	97x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	52x
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples	36x

RAM
ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF 58GBUnknownBench 42%, 53 samples	21x
ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 82GBUnknownBench 49%, 141 samples	20x
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples	16x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)

Average Bench: 84.3% (52^nd of 1015)

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System: HP Z600 Workstation

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Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)

Average Bench: 84.3% (52nd of 1015)

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Average Bench: 84.3% (52^nd of 1015)