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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 78.2% (84th of 1014)

Based on 251 user benchmarks.  Model: WL4000GSA6472E
Poor: 52%Average: 78.2% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The WL4000GSA6472E 4TB averaged 21.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WL4000GSA6472E 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.93MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL4000GSA6472E 4TB is 44.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL4000GSA6472E 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 251 samples)
Rank 8478.2%
Min Avg Max
86.6 Read 140 172
84 Write 133 166
54.2 Mixed 97.3 152
71.2 SusWrite 131 166
92.5% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.42 4K Read 0.82 1.15
1.56 4K Write 2.93 3.63
0.23 4K Mixed 0.83 1.2
181% 1.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 162 162 161 161 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 158
Mixed 93.4
SusWrite 161
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1
221% 1.93 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 163 162 164 163 MB/s
96.3% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 155
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 163
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.8 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 162 161 160 160 MB/s
96.3% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 161
Mixed 104
SusWrite 160
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.87 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 161 161 162 159 MB/s
95% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 164
Mixed 104
SusWrite 161
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.83 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 163 162 164 163 MB/s
94.8% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 148
Mixed 107
SusWrite 162
108% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.73 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 07.01E.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 156 160 160 159 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 159
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 158
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.3
250% 1.87 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: A5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 144 144 143 144 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 131
Write 145
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 144
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 130 131 130 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 143
Write 119
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 129
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.7 MB/s
380GB free
Firmware: 01.01K01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 68 72 75 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 103
Write 104
Mixed 30.6
SusWrite 72.5
56% 77.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.5 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 120%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X399-A

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples185x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD  $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples124x
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD  $798Bench 81%, 10,169 samples74x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples47x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples33x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples27x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples24x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples22x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 10,311 samples10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $932

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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