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1 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 81.8% (66th of 1015)

Based on 297 user benchmarks.  Model: WL3000GSA6472E 1
Poor: 64%Average: 81.8% Great: 93%

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Very good average bench

The Wl3000gsa6472e 1 3TB averaged just 18.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wl3000gsa6472e 1 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.25MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wl3000gsa6472e 1 3TB is 29.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Wl3000gsa6472e 1 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.78MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 297 samples)
Rank 6681.8%
Min Avg Max
103 Read 140 169
117 Write 150 169
65.9 Mixed 80.6 91.8
115 SusWrite 145 156
94.5% 129 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.78 0.9
1.9 4K Write 2.25 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.72 0.9
154% 1.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 134 134 134 134 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 127
Write 142
Mixed 73
SusWrite 134
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 135 133 133 131 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 121
Write 145
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 132
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.27 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 119 117 120 119 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 93.5
Write 128
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 119
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 25 35 38 34 35 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 162
Write 29.8
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 34.1
50% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.63 MB/s
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Desktop 111%
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Workstation 163%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel  $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples867x
Core i7-12700KIntel  $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples622x
Core i7-12700KFIntel  $229Bench 114%, 70,812 samples316x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples287x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples269x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples231x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples136x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples99x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples75x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $836

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