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WD WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

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Average Bench: 115% (1st of 1015)

Based on 272 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD121KRYZ-01, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB
Poor: 83%Average: 115% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 12TB (2017) averaged 15.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Gold 12TB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.18MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.29MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 12TB (2017) is 55.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 197MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 272 samples)
Rank 1115%
Min Avg Max
134 Read 201 240
134 Write 203 244
69.2 Mixed 110 204
119 SusWrite 197 245
130% 178 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.71 4K Read 1.35 1.7
4.37 4K Write 5.29 6.2
0.5 4K Mixed 1.18 1.6
285% 2.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 157 159 161 160 162 MB/s
93.2% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 162
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 160
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.5
323% 2.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 43 57 42 58 43 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 166
Write 126
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 46.8
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.3
247% 1.73 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,870,927 HDDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 72%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 51%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $293Bench 68%, 96,783 samples527x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $346Bench 64%, 77,595 samples107x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 64%, 82,836 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples109x
GTX 760Nvidia  $209Bench 28%, 90,003 samples71x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 50%, 447,803 samples67x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples52x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 96%, 110,490 samples44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples43x
RAM
Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 66%, 2,613 samples37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 19,499 samples26x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 13,028 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $803

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Terrible

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