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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 79.7% (81st of 1015)

Based on 192 user benchmarks.  Model: MD4000GBDS
Poor: 60%Average: 79.7% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The MD4000GBDS 4TB averaged 20.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MD4000GBDS 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.95MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD4000GBDS 4TB is 32.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MD4000GBDS 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 91.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 192 samples)
Rank 8179.7%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 140 171
99.9 Write 135 165
61.8 Mixed 91.3 147
89.9 SusWrite 136 163
92.4% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.82 1.1
1.5 4K Write 2.95 3.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.97 1.2
197% 1.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01KS3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 128 149 149 150 149 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 167
Write 155
Mixed 88.2
SusWrite 145
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1
219% 1.87 MB/s
764GB free
Firmware: WD04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 142 142 142 141 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 132
Write 132
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 141
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.7 MB/s
775GB free
Firmware: KF06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 132 132 130 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 131
Write 138
Mixed 86.6
SusWrite 131
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.73 MB/s
869GB free
Firmware: 01.01K04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 112 113 112 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 115
Write 112
Mixed 76
SusWrite 113
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: KF06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 116 115 115 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 94.7
Write 96.2
Mixed 67
SusWrite 115
68% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
187% 1.23 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: KF06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 92 90 91 91 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 86
Write 95.8
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 90.7
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,307,154 HDDs tested

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Typical MD4000GBDS 4TB Builds (Compare 898 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples358x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples199x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples71x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples64x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples20x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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