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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 73.7% (114th of 1015)

Based on 121 user benchmarks.  Model: WL4000GSA6472
Poor: 48%Average: 73.7% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The WL4000GSA6472 4TB averaged 26.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.79MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.36MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL4000GSA6472 4TB is 45.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL4000GSA6472 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 121MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 121 samples)
Rank 11473.7%
Min Avg Max
78 Read 129 170
63.9 Write 121 161
50.2 Mixed 86.7 150
74.8 SusWrite 125 158
85.2% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1
1.01 4K Write 2.36 3.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.79 1.1
162% 1.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 144 141 142 146 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 168
Write 75.3
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 142
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 142 143 143 144 142 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 154
Write 81.1
Mixed 85.9
SusWrite 141
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 148 147 147 148 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 141
Write 143
Mixed 108
SusWrite 148
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
213% 1.63 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: WD04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 148 147 146 146 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 132
Write 127
Mixed 90
SusWrite 146
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.7 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 94 91 100 106 105 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 129
Write 118
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 95.8
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 113 112 115 114 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 111
Write 114
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 114
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.27 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,340,885 HDDs tested

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Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M - $149

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,431x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,317x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples559x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples502x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples430x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples425x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples171x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples166x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples416x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples274x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples249x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $430

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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