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Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 71.9% (120th of 1015)

more Based on 11,781 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85A, WDC WD20PURZ-74AKKY0, WDC WD20PURZ-74A, WDC WD20PURZ-64N96Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85G, WDC WD20PURZ-85D8PB0, WDC WD20PURZ-85G6GY0, WDC WD20PURZ-85T0FY0, WDC WD20PURZ-85GU690, WD20PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85BDSY0, WDC WD20PURZ-85U8XY0, WD WD20PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD20 PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD20PURZ-85U86Y0, WDC WD20 PURZ-85AKKY0
Poor: 41%Average: 71.9% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017) averaged 28.0% 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 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.54MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017) is 62.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,781 samples)
Rank 12071.9%
Min Avg Max
71.8 Read 127 186
75.1 Write 124 176
44.5 Mixed 66.6 86.2
69.1 SusWrite 123 181
80.7% 110 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.97 2.3
1.6 4K Write 2.54 3.9
0.7 4K Mixed 0.89 1
187% 1.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
939GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 145 143 144 146 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 143
Write 142
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 144
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
167% 1.33 MB/s
372GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 143 145 141 144 MB/s
80.3% Excellent
Read 136
Write 141
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 144
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.3 MB/s
620GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 121 120 122 121 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 125
Write 114
Mixed 54
SusWrite 120
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
924GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 119 114 115 117 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 94.2
Write 107
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 116
62% 85.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
92% 0.53 MB/s
363GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 70 89 95 98 80 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 55.2
Write 54.1
Mixed 50.4
SusWrite 77.9
44% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
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Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,948x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,315x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples888x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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