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WD WD40E31X

Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 62.3% (184th of 1015)

Based on 1,443 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40E31X-00HY4A0, WDC WD40E31X-00H14A0, WDC WD40 E31X-00HY4A0, WDC WD40E31X-00H
Poor: 37%Average: 62.3% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015) averaged 37.7% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.97MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015) is 48.2%. 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 64.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 100MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,443 samples)
Rank 18462.3%
Min Avg Max
35.4 Read 105 156
31.2 Write 100 146
35.7 Mixed 64.6 84.7
70.9 SusWrite 112 148
70.1% 95.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.66 0.81
0.7 4K Write 1.97 2.6
0.5 4K Mixed 0.78 1
151% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 153 152 154 152 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 136
Write 67.5
Mixed 68.8
SusWrite 147
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 107 105 106 109 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 142
Write 128
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 103
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 0.6 0.9 0.6 60 85 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 154
Write 146
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 33.1
73% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
829GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 52 54 66 68 64 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 60.4
Write 66
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 61.5
40% 54.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming 95%
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 88%, 431,262 samples2,501x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $247Bench 84%, 139,815 samples751x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $276Bench 83%, 467,605 samples238x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 106%, 748,267 samples734x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 78%, 955,564 samples617x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 135%, 503,614 samples514x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 655,223 samples294x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $135Bench 111%, 526,443 samples261x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 174,732 samples124x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 82%, 383,864 samples410x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 312,770 samples181x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $59Bench 71%, 75,343 samples122x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $1,263

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