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Wl4000gsa6472

1 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 82.4% (64th of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: WL4000GSA6472 1
Poor: 74%Average: 82.4% Great: 91%

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Very good average bench

The Wl4000gsa6472 1 4TB averaged just 17.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wl4000gsa6472 1 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.32MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wl4000gsa6472 1 4TB is just 17.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Wl4000gsa6472 1 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.77MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 6482.4%
Min Avg Max
94.3 Read 141 171
103 Write 152 174
47.7 Mixed 79.5 90.4
99.1 SusWrite 146 162
94.9% 130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.77 0.8
2.2 4K Write 2.32 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 0.8
153% 1.26 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 159 157 158 154 MB/s
92.9% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 158
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 157
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
154% 1.27 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 161 163 162 159 MB/s
91.4% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 167
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 162
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
167% 1.33 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 161 161 163 158 MB/s
90.3% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 152
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 161
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.3 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 163 162 161 160 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 147
Write 174
Mixed 89.3
SusWrite 161
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.37 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 144 143 146 159 151 MB/s
83.1% Excellent
Read 141
Write 165
Mixed 83.3
SusWrite 149
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 140 140 140 138 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 119
Write 146
Mixed 81
SusWrite 139
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.3 MB/s
454GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 99 100 100 99 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 103
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 99.1
63% 86 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.2 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,743x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,300x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,477x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,577x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,640x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples556x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples587x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples567x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $1,004

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