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WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 400GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 68.5% (135th of 1014)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A
Poor: 50%Average: 68.5% Great: 75%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 400GB averaged 31.4% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.18MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 400GB is 25.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 400GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 96.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 13568.5%
Min Avg Max
42.2 Read 123 140
38 Write 113 126
35.7 Mixed 96.9 118
70.5 SusWrite 119 124
83.5% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.36 4K Read 1.18 1.4
1.3 4K Write 1.78 2.2
0.32 4K Mixed 0.7 0.9
160% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
328GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 123 123 123 119 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 132
Write 117
Mixed 88.1
SusWrite 121
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.2 MB/s
309GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 113 117 118 118 118 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 127
Write 107
Mixed 101
SusWrite 117
84% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.27 MB/s
328GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 121 123 124 122 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 114
Write 122
Mixed 106
SusWrite 122
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
154% 1.23 MB/s
309GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 115 120 117 118 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 117
Write 115
Mixed 104
SusWrite 116
84% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
178% 1.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 94%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 86%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples625x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples310x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples220x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples147x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples119x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples51x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples42x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $724

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