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WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB

WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB
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Effective Speed -126%Effective Speed -126%Average User Bench -70%Read -135%, Write -99%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -120%Peak Lab Bench -70%Read -144%, Write -113%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -134%Value & Sentiment User Rating -61%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -17%Age -17%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 39.2% (525^th of 1015)

Based on 802 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR1, WDC WD74 0ADFD-00NLR5, WDC WD74 0ADFD-00NLR4, WDC WD740ADFD-00, WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR4, WDC WD74 0ADFD-00NLR1, WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR5, WDC WD740ADFD-60NLR1

Poor: 28%Average: 39.2% Great: 48%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB averaged 60.7% 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 0.79MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.84MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB is just 19.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 67.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 802 samples)

Rank 52539.2%

Min	Avg	Max
46.4	Read 67.3	82.3
50.6	Write 72.5	88.5
32.4	Mixed 50.2	76
43.8	SusWrite 68.5	83.5
47.7% 64.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.84	1
1.44	4K Write 1.89	2.1
0.4	4K Mixed 0.79	1.2
157% 1.17 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CZE-User, 16 days ago.

20GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21.07QR4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 57 60 61 62 63 MB/s

38.1% Below average

Write 76.9

Mixed 43.5

SusWrite 60.8

46% 63.2 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1.2

214% 1.43 MB/s

HUN-User, 13 days ago.

9GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 66 67 63 67 MB/s

38% Below average

Write 66.3

Mixed 39.2

SusWrite 67.5

44% 59.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1

182% 1.27 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 61 59 61 56 MB/s

37.6% Below average

Write 73.8

Mixed 35.8

SusWrite 60.4

44% 60.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

180% 1.23 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 day ago.

42GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 70 68 67 73 MB/s

36% Below average

Write 56

Mixed 32.8

SusWrite 70.5

39% 53.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1.1

195% 1.3 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

6GB free

Firmware: 21.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 64 63 61 64 MB/s

35.5% Below average

Write 78.5

Mixed 43.8

SusWrite 63.1

45% 61.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1.2

212% 1.43 MB/s

GBR-User, 14 days ago.

67GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s

27% Poor

Write 85.2

Mixed 15.7

SusWrite 88.9

35% 48.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.2 MB/s

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Typical WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB Builds (Compare 3,947 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 49%, 231,448 samples	1,367x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples	632x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 42%, 168,309 samples	538x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	223x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples	213x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	245x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	175x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	100x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 53,360 samples	149x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	135x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 7,269 samples	112x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $784

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB