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Purple 4TB (2014)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 71.1% (123rd of 1015)

more Based on 8,426 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD40PURX-78AKYY0, WDC WD40 PURX-69AKYY0, 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-89N6ZY0, 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, WDC WD40PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD40PURX-64GVNYO
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 12371.1%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 141 141 143 143 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 154
Write 146
Mixed 87.7
SusWrite 142
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 147 148 150 MB/s
84.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 139
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 149
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 147 147 147 146 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 136
Write 151
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 146
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.4 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 93 128 124 129 115 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 149
Write 120
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 120
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 143 105 99 96 68 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 145
Write 145
Mixed 76.4
SusWrite 102
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.27 MB/s
955GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 65 70 64 66 65 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 80.4
Write 88.9
Mixed 62
SusWrite 66.2
55% 74.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
544GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 44 46 45 MB/s
23.7% Poor
Read 39.9
Write 48.8
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 42.8
30% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.33 MB/s
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Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
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