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WL4000GSA6472 4.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 78.7% (83rd of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: WL4000GSA6472
Poor: 51%Average: 78.7% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The WL4000GSA6472 4.5TB averaged 21.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WL4000GSA6472 4.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 151MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 8378.7%
Min Avg Max
29.1 Read 124 180
29 Write 102 151
19.9 Mixed 80.5 140
132 SusWrite 151 172
84.2% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.59 0.87
0.4 4K Write 0.71 0.9
0.1 4K Mixed 0.47 0.9
89.5% 0.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01C02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 171 174 174 168 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 151
Mixed 101
SusWrite 172
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.77 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
91.9% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 148
Mixed 140
115% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.87
4K Write 0.84
4K Mixed 0.26
81% 0.66 MB/s
832GB free
Firmware: 01.01C02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 138 140 143 143 MB/s
70.8% Very good
Read 115
Write 80.2
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 132
71% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.9
138% 0.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01C02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 151 156 161 150 148 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 29.1
Write 29
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 150
41% 57 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
23% 0.2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,400,072 HDDs tested

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Typical WL4000GSA6472 4.5TB Builds (Compare 175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A87TD/USB3

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples41x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD  $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples24x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples22x
GPU
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples8x
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples6x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples6x
SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial  $15Bench 55%, 37,154 samples7x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples4x
RAM
99U5471-002.A01LF 99U5471-002.A01LF Team--Elite-133300 8GBKingstonBench 26%, 4 samples3x
M2F4GH64CB8HB6N-CG M2F4GH64CB8HB6N-CG KRE-D3U1600M/8G000 Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 18GBNanyaBench 27%, 6 samples3x
DDR3 2000G DDR3 2000G Kingston 9905403-431.A00LF Kingston 9905403-431.A00LF 12GBAdataBench 27%, 9 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $98

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