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Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 76.9% (93rd of 1015)

more Based on 3,058 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD30PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD30PURZ-64P6ZY0, WDC WD30PURZ-74AKKY0, WDC WD30 PURZ-85GU6Y0, WDC WD30 PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD30PURZ-85AKKY0, WDC WD30PURZ-74A, WDC WD30PURZ-85G, WDC WD30 PURZ-74AKKY0
Poor: 45%Average: 76.9% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.42MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 130MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,058 samples)
Rank 9376.9%
Min Avg Max
74.3 Read 135 194
72.9 Write 130 187
32.3 Mixed 67.3 89.6
69.1 SusWrite 133 193
85.1% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.94 2.2
0.78 4K Write 2.42 3.8
0.5 4K Mixed 0.88 1
182% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 184 182 184 181 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 181
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 182
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
201% 1.67 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 108 108 110 109 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 120
Write 103
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 109
71% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.93 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 80.00B80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 80 81 80 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 107
Write 108
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 80.5
67% 90.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.6
190% 1.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 36 35 35 34 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 71.5
Write 69.5
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 34.2
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
23% 0.2 MB/s
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 176%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-V - $200

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $275Bench 97%, 198,859 samples555x
Core i9-10900KIntel  $470Bench 100%, 107,269 samples388x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $280Bench 99%, 84,873 samples281x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples479x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples385x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples137x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $120Bench 228%, 180,890 samples535x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples57x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples181x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 83%, 4,507 samples93x
DDR4 3000 4x8GBAdataBench 88%, 4,811 samples72x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $1,096

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