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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 113% (1st of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WUS721010ALE6L4
Poor: 67%Average: 113% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB averaged 13.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.73MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB is 71.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 196MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 1113%
Min Avg Max
16.4 Read 196 245
65.3 Write 199 249
6.2 Mixed 97.7 118
91.1 SusWrite 198 247
126% 173 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1.56 3.3
0.2 4K Write 5.73 7.9
0.1 4K Mixed 1.59 2.2
347% 2.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7TB free
Firmware: VXGNW9G0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 236 232 234 229 224 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 216
Write 213
Mixed 106
SusWrite 230
140% 191 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 7.9
4K Mixed 1.7
402% 3.73 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: VXGNW980
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 216 206 207 212 218 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 213
Mixed 116
SusWrite 213
140% 191 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 1.5
350% 3.1 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: W9U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 194 188 183 190 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 187
Mixed 115
SusWrite 189
123% 168 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.7
398% 3.2 MB/s
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Typical WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB Builds (Compare 6,027 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,253x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples1,045x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples870x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples745x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples378x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples223x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples145x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples130x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples122x
RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples185x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples179x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples159x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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