WD WD40E31X

Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)

Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)
BENCHMARKS (1,729)
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BUY • $240

Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -37%Read -48%, Write -41%, 4K Read -91%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite -33%Peak Score -28%Read -32%, Write -29%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -32%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%, Price -181%, Value -128%Nice To Haves +13% Age 13%

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Average Bench: 63.1% (176^th of 1015)

Based on 1,729 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD40E31X-00HY4A0, WDC WD40E31X-00H14A0, WDC WD40 E31X-00HY4A0, WDC WD40E31X-00H

Poor: 39%Average: 63.1% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015) averaged 36.9% 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 0.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.98MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015) is 45.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 102MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,729 samples)

Rank 17663.1%

Min	Avg	Max
43	Read 106	152
31.7	Write 102	146
35.4	Mixed 64.7	83.9
66.2	SusWrite 114	149
70.9% 96.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.67	0.9
0.8	4K Write 1.98	2.6
0.5	4K Mixed 0.8	1
153% 1.15 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 days ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 139 143 143 143 MB/s

82.1% Excellent

Write 137

Mixed 80.9

SusWrite 142

92% 126 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.8

152% 1.2 MB/s

ROU-User, 8 days ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 140 142 141 140 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 126

Mixed 58.6

SusWrite 140

84% 115 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.9

157% 1.03 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 131 126 122 131 MB/s

70.3% Very good

Write 0.2

Mixed 64.6

SusWrite 127

57% 77.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 0.8

160% 1.3 MB/s

GRC-User, 9 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 80.00A80

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 120 122 119 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 66.5

Mixed 69.3

SusWrite 120

63% 85 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.8

155% 1.2 MB/s

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 97%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $150

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples	9,960x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $459Bench 87%, 242,633 samples	5,511x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	4,079x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples	4,013x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	3,970x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 152%, 281,761 samples	2,132x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 279%, 338,360 samples	1,907x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $155Bench 298%, 258,279 samples	1,780x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $144Bench 324%, 291,009 samples	1,670x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	1,707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples	1,387x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 56,264 samples	1,009x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $1,008

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD40E31X

Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)

Average Bench: 63.1% (176^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 63.1% (176th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 63.1% (176^th of 1015)