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WD WD101KRYZ

Gold 10TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

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Average Bench: 115% (1st of 1015)

Based on 406 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB0, WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB, WDC WD101KRYZ-01, WDC WD101KRYZ-01JPDB1, WDC WD10 1KRYZ-01JPDB1
Poor: 75%Average: 115% Great: 137%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 10TB (2016) averaged 15.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Gold 10TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.54MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 10TB (2016) is 61.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 10TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 129MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.05MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 406 samples)
Rank 1115%
Min Avg Max
132 Read 200 240
138 Write 202 243
73.2 Mixed 129 220
122 SusWrite 198 242
134% 182 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.56 4K Read 1.05 1.4
4.39 4K Write 5.54 6.8
0.4 4K Mixed 0.99 1.4
256% 2.52 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 217 211 216 221 222 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 215
Mixed 106
SusWrite 218
136% 186 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 1.3
306% 2.8 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 180 180 180 180 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 223
Mixed 99
SusWrite 180
133% 182 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 1.2
289% 2.67 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 157 158 163 182 173 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 162
Write 181
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 147
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.4
90% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 131%
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Desktop
Desktop 145%
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Workstation
Workstation 148%
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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $904Bench 111%, 7,715 samples168x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $476Bench 107%, 12,900 samples73x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $370Bench 98%, 7,575 samples45x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 150%, 339,039 samples91x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples72x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples58x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 284%, 33,280 samples62x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $249Bench 278%, 8,975 samples53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 85,368 samples31x
RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 94%, 2,593 samples128x
8x16GBUnknownBench 103%, 841 samples83x
4x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 14,164 samples54x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $1,851

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