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WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB

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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -15%Read -52%, Write -34%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite -61%Peak Score -13%Read -60%, Write -47%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite -64%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -4%Age -4%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Average Bench: 57.4% (214^th of 1015)

Based on 361 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD740HLFS-01G6U0, WDC WD74 0HLFS-01G6U0, WDC WD74 0HLFS-01G6U3, WDC WD74 0HLFS-01G6U4, WDC WD74 0HLFS-01G6U1, WDC WD740HLFS-75G6U0, WDC WD740HLFS-01G6U1, WDC WD740HLFS-01G6U4, WDC WD740HLFS-01G6U3, WDC WD740HLFS-01

Poor: 42%Average: 57.4% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB averaged 42.6% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.61MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB is 28.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 361 samples)

Rank 21457.4%

Min	Avg	Max
72	Read 102	124
73.4	Write 102	123
50.9	Mixed 77.4	109
56.2	SusWrite 93.2	119
69.1% 93.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.56	4K Read 0.86	1
1.6	4K Write 2.61	3.1
0.45	4K Mixed 0.93	1.39
187% 1.47 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CZE-User, 12 months ago.

56GB free

Firmware: 04.04V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 110 111 111 115 MB/s

61.5% Good

Write 92.8

Mixed 68.8

SusWrite 112

69% 93.9 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1.4

251% 1.77 MB/s

DNK-User, 13 months ago.

18GB free

Firmware: 04.04V02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 77 79 75 MB/s

50% Average

Write 95

Mixed 67.5

SusWrite 77.7

62% 84 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1.3

238% 1.7 MB/s

ITA-User, 12 months ago.

19GB free

Firmware: 04.04V06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 80 82 80 MB/s

46.7% Average

Write 84.2

Mixed 60.3

SusWrite 82.3

57% 76.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1.2

215% 1.53 MB/s

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Typical WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB Builds (Compare 10,904 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $427

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	3,466x
Core i5-8600KIntel $140Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,535x
Core i7-8700Intel $145Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,416x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,214x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	804x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	310x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	303x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	284x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	301x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	283x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $838

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