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WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 111% (1st of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WUH722222ALE6L4
Poor: 74%Average: 111% Great: 135%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB averaged 10.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.12MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.24MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB is 60.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 1111%
Min Avg Max
127 Read 191 238
133 Write 200 243
79.3 Mixed 111 131
131 SusWrite 194 235
128% 174 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.74 1.8
3.7 4K Write 5.24 7
1.4 4K Mixed 2.12 2.5
364% 2.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9.5TB free
Firmware: LNGNW730
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 232 234 232 234 233 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 238
Write 240
Mixed 131
SusWrite 233
154% 210 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.4
386% 2.7 MB/s
9TB free
Firmware: LNGNW730
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 227 221 224 216 222 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 216
Write 227
Mixed 116
SusWrite 222
143% 195 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 2.2
449% 3.67 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: LNGNW730
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 183 181 182 183 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 183
Mixed 110
SusWrite 182
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.5
391% 2.67 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: LNGNW730
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 184 182 184 182 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 180
Mixed 110
SusWrite 183
119% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.1
359% 2.63 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: LNGNW730
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 34 37 52 35 51 MB/s
17.9% Very poor
Read 16.2
Write 49.6
Mixed 12
SusWrite 45.4
22% 30.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.3
82% 0.93 MB/s

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Typical WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB Builds (Compare 1,274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples376x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples217x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples149x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples193x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples93x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples82x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples57x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples49x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples49x
RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $748

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