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Wl4000gs

A6472E 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 72.4% (118th of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: WL4000GS A6472E
Poor: 53%Average: 72.4% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Wl4000gs A6472E 4TB averaged 27.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.79MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wl4000gs A6472E 4TB is 40.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Wl4000gs A6472E 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 11872.4%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 159 201
39.5 Write 136 168
30.3 Mixed 113 173
33.9 SusWrite 53.8 141
85.7% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.43 4K Read 0.76 1
0.7 4K Write 2.79 3.41
0.25 4K Mixed 0.7 1
161% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 0
88.9% Excellent
Read 175
Write 135
Mixed 146
114% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 2.77
4K Mixed 0.38
122% 1.28 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: WD05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 144 145 138 131 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 150
Write 150
Mixed 106
SusWrite 141
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.6 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 156
Write 152
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 38.1
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 34 34 34 35 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 154
Write 153
Mixed 98.1
SusWrite 34.8
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 154
Write 151
Mixed 102
SusWrite 34.5
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
212% 1.77 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 34 35 34 34 MB/s
53% Above average
Read 150
Write 148
Mixed 93
SusWrite 33.9
79% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.7 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 39 40 40 40 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 136
Write 39.5
Mixed 30.3
SusWrite 40
45% 61.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples122x
FX-8370AMD  $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples33x
FX-9590AMD  $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples32x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples17x
R9 380AMD  $200Bench 33%, 83,027 samples16x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples12x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples11x
GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GBGigabyteBench 158%, 4,456 samples10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples9x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples24x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples8x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 45%, 445 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $303

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