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Re 4TB (2012)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 78.1% (85th of 1015)

more Based on 4,260 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01ULB0, WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-50UL1, WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-70DJ3B0, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-90FYEB0, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-01UL1B1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-02UL1B3, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-01UL1B3, WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B0, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-01UL1B0, WD4000FYYZ-12, WDC WD4000FYYZ-50UL1B0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-03UL1B3, WDC WD4000FYYZ-03UL1B1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-48J7H, WDC WD4000FYYZ-03UL1B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-3, WDC WD4000FYYZ-5, WDC WD4000FYYZ-784L1B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-DATTO-2, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-03UL1B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-03UL1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-36UL1B0, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-01UL1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B3, WDC WD4000FYYZ-D, WDC WD4000FYYZ-90UL1B0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-05UL1B0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B2, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-05UL1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL0B2, WDC WD4000FYYZ-48J7HB3, WDC WD4000FYYZ-DATTO, WDC WD4000FYYZ-05UL1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-88UL1B0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-48J7HB1, WDC WD4000FYYZ-00TYAB0, WDC WD4000FYYZ-8, WDC WD40 00FYYZ-05UL1B0
Poor: 53%Average: 78.1% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The WD Re 4TB (2012) averaged 21.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Re 4TB (2012) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.03MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.22MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Re 4TB (2012) is 43.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Re 4TB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 85MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,260 samples)
Rank 8578.1%
Min Avg Max
92.4 Read 141 175
79.2 Write 131 161
46.9 Mixed 85 107
53.1 SusWrite 131 163
89.7% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.8 1
1.6 4K Write 3.22 3.8
0.8 4K Mixed 1.03 1.2
207% 1.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 162 162 164 161 MB/s
97.5% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 163
Mixed 105
SusWrite 162
112% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.1
228% 1.9 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01K04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 152 151 154 152 MB/s
91.5% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 154
Mixed 99.5
SusWrite 152
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.87 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 150 150 152 152 MB/s
89.4% Excellent
Read 161
Write 146
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 151
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.9
198% 1.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 154 154 153 151 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 159
Write 151
Mixed 91.5
SusWrite 152
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
212% 1.77 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 152 151 152 151 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 158
Write 146
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 151
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 139 144 148 152 150 MB/s
85.1% Excellent
Read 150
Write 141
Mixed 84.6
SusWrite 147
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 130 132 131 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 134
Write 141
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 131
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.7 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.04Q.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 133 134 134 134 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 124
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 133
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
211% 1.5 MB/s
823GB free
Firmware: 1K02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 114 112 113 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 119
Write 119
Mixed 91.9
SusWrite 113
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 114%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI - $176

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples4,750x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,662x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples1,795x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,318x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,137x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,085x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,046x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples812x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples510x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples508x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples466x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $796

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