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Purple 4TB (2014)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 71.1% (124th of 1015)

more Based on 8,426 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-78AKYY0, WDC WD40PURX-78NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-64A, WDC WD40PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD40PURX-78G, WDC WD40PURX-78GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64G, WDC WD40PURX-64NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-78N, WDC WD40PURX-60GVNY0, WDC WD40 PURX-78AKYY0, WDC WD40PURX-69AKYY0, WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD40 PURX-78NZ6Y0, WDC WD40 PURX-64N96Y0, WDC WD40 PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-64N96Y0, WDC WD40PURX-89NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-78U8AY0, WDC WD40PURX-69N96Y0, WD40PURX-89NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-69N, WDC WD40 PURX-64NZ6Y0, WDC WD40PURX-00GXCB0, WDC WD40PURX-64N, WDC WD40PURX-60P6ZY0, WDC WD40 PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD40 PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD40PURX-64P6ZY0, WD40PURX-64D8500
Poor: 39%Average: 71.1% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple 4TB (2014) averaged 28.9% 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 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.27MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple 4TB (2014) is 60.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Purple 4TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 121MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,426 samples)
Rank 12471.1%
Min Avg Max
66.9 Read 126 176
58.7 Write 121 168
31.3 Mixed 68.2 85.7
53.3 SusWrite 122 174
80% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.81 1.1
0.5 4K Write 2.27 3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.88 1.1
174% 1.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00B80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 189 188 190 189 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 185
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 188
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
273% 2.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 152 152 143 149 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 148
Write 147
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 149
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 150 152 151 151 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 143
Write 135
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 151
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
528GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 143 90 137 142 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 140
Write 142
Mixed 71.6
SusWrite 132
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.53 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 142 141 143 142 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 124
Write 144
Mixed 85.1
SusWrite 142
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,447x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,126x
Core i5-3470Intel  $50Bench 63%, 223,595 samples680x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,037x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,019x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 29%, 946,701 samples750x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples640x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples432x
A400 480GBKingston  $26Bench 74%, 237,487 samples299x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples458x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples318x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples227x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $314

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