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WD WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 112% (1st of 1015)

Based on 409 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD121KRYZ-01, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB
Poor: 75%Average: 112% Great: 139%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 12TB (2017) averaged 11.5% 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 1.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 12TB (2017) is 63.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 12TB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 94.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 409 samples)
Rank 1112%
Min Avg Max
112 Read 194 245
122 Write 198 245
62.2 Mixed 94.4 110
121 SusWrite 194 243
124% 170 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.49 1.76
4.3 4K Write 5.3 6.1
1 4K Mixed 1.3 1.6
305% 2.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 246 234 241 246 242 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 234
Write 245
Mixed 102
SusWrite 240
150% 205 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.2
290% 2.6 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 186 189 185 185 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 172
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 185
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 1.1
282% 2.67 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 176 175 175 177 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 128
Write 130
Mixed 84.1
SusWrite 175
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.5
325% 2.77 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 136 143 142 135 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 131
Write 134
Mixed 86
SusWrite 138
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.8
374% 2.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 29,524,186 HDDs tested.

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Typical Gold 12TB (2017) Builds (Compare 357 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 157%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 180%
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Motherboard: Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming X

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $430Bench 89%, 102,187 samples157x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 88%, 234,129 samples74x
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD  $680Bench 89%, 14,045 samples35x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,300Bench 175%, 165,641 samples60x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 112%, 225,774 samples53x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $370Bench 106%, 165,938 samples52x
SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent  $200Bench 364%, 12,454 samples32x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $170Bench 301%, 104,310 samples25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $184Bench 327%, 83,696 samples17x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 100%, 17,157 samples23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 247,633 samples11x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $146Bench 86%, 35,383 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $1,930

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3 months ago.

Viper207
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Excellent

23 days ago.

big and fast

ColdSpy
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Good

5 months ago.

The fastest and highest capacity HDD in the market currently. Liked that naming scheme but most users aren't going to see advantages of very high capacity HDD as this HDD is intended for storing huge amount of data and is very pricey.

Thibs
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Good

5 months ago.

The best HD, but for specific use only because it is too expensive.

ExecutableFiles
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Average

8 months ago.

nice

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