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WD4001FYYG-01SL3 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 66.6% (149th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD4001FYYG-01SL3
Poor: 51%Average: 66.6% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD4001FYYG-01SL3 4TB averaged 33.4% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 153MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD4001FYYG-01SL3 4TB is 40.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD4001FYYG-01SL3 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.97MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 14966.6%
Min Avg Max
98.4 Read 153 189
27.2 Write 79.3 175
41.5 Mixed 65.4 153
26.2 SusWrite 68.3 175
67.3% 91.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.36 4K Read 0.76 0.9
0.23 4K Write 0.97 2.3
0.27 4K Mixed 0.68 1
126% 0.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: VR08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s
66.4% Good
Read 188
Write 44
Mixed 47.1
SusWrite 44.2
59% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.7 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: VR08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 187
Write 43.9
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 44.2
61% 82.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: VR08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 186
Write 42.5
Mixed 57.6
SusWrite 44
61% 82.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: VR02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 161
Write 40.7
Mixed 49.9
SusWrite 42.2
54% 73.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.67 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,353,735 HDDs tested

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Typical WD4001FYYG-01SL3 4TB Builds (Compare 1,956 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples132x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples101x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples53x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples38x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples44x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding Total price: $96

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