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WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 82.6% (63rd of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0
Poor: 72%Average: 82.6% Great: 89%

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Very good average bench

The WD WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0 2TB averaged just 17.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.06MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0 2TB is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 6382.6%
Min Avg Max
127 Read 142 158
106 Write 141 161
69 Mixed 111 149
122 SusWrite 140 159
98.6% 133 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.7 0.9
2.5 4K Write 3.06 3.5
0.4 4K Mixed 0.76 1.1
170% 1.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 147
Write 161
Mixed 114
105% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.86
4K Mixed 0.5
142% 1.39 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 149
Write 154
Mixed 149
114% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 3.12
4K Mixed 0.4
128% 1.38 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 141 141 142 142 MB/s
86.1% Excellent
Read 158
Write 152
Mixed 108
SusWrite 141
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 158 160 160 160 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 135
Write 132
Mixed 90.8
SusWrite 159
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
211% 1.67 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 149 146 132 139 138 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 138
Write 133
Mixed 69
SusWrite 139
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 123 124 121 121 MB/s
71.6% Very good
Read 127
Write 106
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 122
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
206% 1.63 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,353,973 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z240 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,110x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples350x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples282x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples228x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples210x
Quadro K620Nvidia  $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples180x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples138x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples99x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples74x
RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples160x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples103x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples103x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180

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