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WL3000GSA6472 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 77.9% (87th of 1015)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: WL3000GS WL3000GSA6472
Poor: 76%Average: 77.9% Great: 80%

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Good average bench

The Wl3000gs WL3000GSA6472 3TB averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wl3000gs WL3000GSA6472 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.75MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 8777.9%
Min Avg Max
131 Read 133 135
153 Write 155 156
78.2 Mixed 79.8 81.3
128 SusWrite 139 149
92.7% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.75 0.8
2.3 4K Write 2.4 2.5
0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 0.8
165% 1.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: MJ8O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 149 149 149 149 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 131
Write 153
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 149
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
164% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJ8O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 128 128 128 128 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 135
Write 156
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 128
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
165% 1.3 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,401,122 HDDs tested

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Typical WL3000GSA6472 3TB Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
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System: Lenovo 2929A1U

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples13x
Core i5-3550Intel  $335Bench 69%, 23,599 samples2x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples6x
GTX 560 TiNvidia  $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples4x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples3x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples9x
XPG SX900 128GBAdata  $103Bench 68%, 6,500 samples3x
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples1x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 16GBUnknownBench 53%, 7 samples7x
M378B5173EB0-CK0 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 M378B5173EB0-CK0 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GBSamsungBench 53%, 3 samples3x
M378B5173EB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 4,503 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $444

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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