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Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 71.9% (121st 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 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 12171.9%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00B80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 182 180 181 179 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 172
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 180
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
235% 1.9 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 184 185 186 182 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 172
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 184
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.63 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 123 126 124 121 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 138
Write 144
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 123
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 129 129 128 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 120
Write 135
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 128
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
369GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 95 96 94 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 102
Write 84.2
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 94.8
64% 87.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.47 MB/s
964GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 88 88 88 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 69.6
Write 68.1
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 88
50% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.2 MB/s
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples4,294x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $230Bench 76%, 159,077 samples2,767x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,473x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,277x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,144x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,091x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples771x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples666x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $39Bench 276%, 367,854 samples599x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples827x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $589

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