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WD WD121KRYZ

Gold 12TB (2017)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 113% (1st of 1015)

more Based on 1,221 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD121KRYZ-01, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB1, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB, WDC WD12 1KRYZ-01W0RB0, WDC WD121KRYZ-01W0RB
Poor: 72%Average: 113% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Gold 12TB (2017) averaged 12.7% 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 1.28MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.22MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 12TB (2017) is 65.7%. 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 96.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,221 samples)
Rank 1113%
Min Avg Max
122 Read 197 241
122 Write 197 243
67.8 Mixed 96.1 121
115 SusWrite 194 242
125% 171 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 1.58 2.96
4.1 4K Write 5.22 5.97
0.94 4K Mixed 1.28 1.6
305% 2.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
11TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 243 244 245 241 235 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 240
Write 245
Mixed 104
SusWrite 242
152% 208 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.3
307% 2.73 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 160 156 158 154 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 149
Write 132
Mixed 63.9
SusWrite 157
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.4
236% 1.53 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 20 100 164 154 186 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 158
Write 158
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 111
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 0.6
227% 2.83 MB/s
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Gaming 184%
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Desktop 104%
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Workstation 201%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER - $478

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,183x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $375Bench 88%, 197,342 samples879x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD  $381Bench 100%, 33,026 samples878x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples615x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $565Bench 204%, 155,335 samples533x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,095Bench 210%, 158,856 samples494x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 385%, 327,441 samples488x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples316x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $171Bench 402%, 182,136 samples220x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples291x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples161x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 11,505 samples95x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $1,368

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12 months ago.

big and fast that what she said

ColdSpy
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Good

4 years 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

4 years ago.

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

ExecutableFiles
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Average

4 years ago.

nice

Test19
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Excellent

3 years ago.

And now in an 18TB version for under $600.

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Good

11 months ago.

i dont think you need that namt terabytes ;-;

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