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WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB

WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB
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Effective Speed -27%Effective Speed -27%Average Score -12%Read -73%, Write -2%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 110%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -0%Peak Score +5% Read -16%, Write -9%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 127%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -32,900%Nice To Haves +306% Age 306%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 69.5% (125^th of 1015)

Based on 476 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD42PURZ-85B4YY0, WDC WD42 PURZ-85B4YY0, WDC WD42PURZ-74B4YY0, WD42PURZ-85B4YY0, WDC WD42PURZ-85B

Poor: 44%Average: 69.5% Great: 99%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB averaged 30.5% 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 Write Speed 4.52MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.54MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB is 54.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.9MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 89.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 476 samples)

Rank 12569.5%

Min	Avg	Max
31.2	Read 89.7	172
91.9	Write 141	173
44.5	Mixed 59.9	74
90.8	SusWrite 151	186
80.8% 111 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.68	4K Read 1.08	2
2.7	4K Write 4.52	5.7
0.4	4K Mixed 0.54	0.7
188% 2.05 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IRN-User, 21 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 182 182 183 182 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 160

Mixed 65.3

SusWrite 181

106% 146 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 4.4

4K Mixed 0.5

208% 2.2 MB/s

IRN-User, 12 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 186 181 173 180 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 161

Mixed 60.6

SusWrite 179

92% 126 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 0.5

190% 2.17 MB/s

KNA-User, 19 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 164 162 162 161 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 155

Mixed 63.7

SusWrite 161

88% 121 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 3.9

4K Mixed 0.7

188% 1.83 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 192 191 187 189 183 MB/s

64.3% Good

Write 179

Mixed 50.2

SusWrite 187

82% 113 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 0.6

188% 2.1 MB/s

RUS-User, 9 days ago.

695GB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 94 92 95 95 MB/s

36.4% Below average

Write 116

Mixed 50.5

SusWrite 93.5

54% 72.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 4.6

4K Mixed 0.5

178% 2 MB/s

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Typical WD42PURZ-85B4YY0 4TB Builds (Compare 6,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 214%

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 251%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI (MS-7D25)

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $297Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,288x
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,273x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $190Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	825x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	664x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	540x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	515x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	514x
M390 1TBMSIBench 267%, 3,138 samples	395x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $167Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	359x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	707x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	276x
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples	227x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,313

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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