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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%
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 181 178 180 179 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 173
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 179
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
199% 1.67 MB/s
398GB free
Firmware: 80.00B80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 129 127 128 127 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 162
Write 151
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 129
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
214% 2.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 145 142 143 141 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 129
Write 132
Mixed 66.9
SusWrite 143
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 125 123 123 123 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 122
Write 122
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 123
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.33 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 117 119 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 76.7
Write 78.2
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 117
59% 80.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.2 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 45 94 83 46 92 MB/s
48.8% Average
Read 103
Write 118
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 66.6
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 77 78 76 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 69.1
Write 75.1
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 77.4
50% 67.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,342x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,332x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples906x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples799x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples698x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
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