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WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB

WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB
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Effective Speed +6% Effective Speed 6%Average Score +27% Read 5%, Write 14%, 4K Read 75%, 4K Write 80%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score +34% Read 8%, Write 11%, 4K Read 113%, 4K Write 78%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +217% Age 217%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

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Average Bench: 92.8% (11^th of 1015)

Based on 132 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD84PURZ-85B2YY0, WDC WD84 PURZ-85B2YY0, WDC WD84PURZ-74B2YY0, WDC WD84PURZ-74B

Poor: 57%Average: 92.8% Great: 119%

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Excellent average bench

The WD WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB averaged just 7.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.96MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.57MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB is 61.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD84PURZ-85B2YY0 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 155MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 132 samples)

Rank 1192.8%

Min	Avg	Max
99	Read 163	215
92.9	Write 155	200
52	Mixed 75.3	91.8
87.7	SusWrite 159	208
101% 138 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.83	4K Read 1.5	2.2
2.37	4K Write 3.57	4.4
0.6	4K Mixed 0.96	1.2
235% 2.01 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

7TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 201 193 200 199 203 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 209

Mixed 79.8

SusWrite 200

128% 176 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 4.5

4K Mixed 1.2

292% 2.5 MB/s

IRN-User, 1 month ago.

7TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 204 205 209 208 206 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 197

Mixed 90.1

SusWrite 205

127% 174 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 3.9

4K Mixed 0.8

228% 2.1 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 month ago.

6TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 195 191 193 190 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 198

Mixed 83.2

SusWrite 192

122% 168 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 3.5

4K Mixed 1.2

256% 2.03 MB/s

THA-User, 2 days ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 196 194 195 195 195 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 174

Mixed 91.1

SusWrite 196

119% 163 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 0.9

228% 1.9 MB/s

BRA-User, 17 days ago.

6.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 190 192 190 188 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 168

Mixed 82.5

SusWrite 190

114% 156 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 4.1

4K Mixed 1

254% 2.23 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 176 171 172 168 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 172

Mixed 66.6

SusWrite 172

106% 146 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 4.3

4K Mixed 0.7

216% 2.13 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,532x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	791x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	707x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	504x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	266x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	58x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

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