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Raid WDBlack 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 87.3% (35th of 1014)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Models: 4TB Raid WDBlack, WD Black
Poor: 47%Average: 87.3% Great: 127%

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Very good average bench

The 4TB Raid WDBlack 4TB averaged just 12.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 4TB Raid WDBlack 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.08MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 97.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 3587.3%
Min Avg Max
70.9 Read 204 337
88.4 Write 97.7 107
86.5 Mixed 108 130
102% 137 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.94 4K Read 5.4 8.86
3.21 4K Write 5.6 7.98
1.06 4K Mixed 1.08 1.09
448% 4.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
885GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 337
Write 107
Mixed 130
142% 191 MB/s
4K Read 1.94
4K Write 3.21
4K Mixed 1.09
262% 2.08 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
47.2% Average
Read 70.9
Write 88.4
Mixed 86.5
62% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 8.86
4K Write 7.98
4K Mixed 1.06
635% 5.97 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,309,963 HDDs tested

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Typical Raid WDBlack 4TB Builds (Compare 774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples342x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples118x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples50x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples56x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples54x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples46x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples20x
RAM
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples12x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $463

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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