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Wl1000gs

A6472E 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 68.7% (135th of 1015)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: WL1000GS A6472E
Poor: 35%Average: 68.7% Great: 109%

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Above average average bench

The Wl1000gs A6472E 1TB averaged 31.3% 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 0.56MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.01MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wl1000gs A6472E 1TB is 74.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Wl1000gs A6472E 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 74.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 13568.7%
Min Avg Max
15.3 Read 138 241
6.7 Write 104 165
9.2 Mixed 93.2 170
20 SusWrite 74.9 129
76.1% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.01 2.4
0.1 4K Write 1.86 3.4
0.07 4K Mixed 0.56 1.2
139% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 130 130 130 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 128
Write 130
Mixed 93
SusWrite 129
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.63 MB/s
368GB free
Firmware: 01.01V03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 120 121 121 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 129
Write 112
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 121
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
228% 1.73 MB/s
566GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 74 75 74 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 138
Write 110
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 74.7
72% 98.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
245% 2 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: 01.01V02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 64 63 62 62 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 128
Write 109
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 62.7
71% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
211% 1.63 MB/s
432GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 29 36 37 40 39 MB/s
46.8% Average
Read 129
Write 40.7
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 33.7
47% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
189% 1.23 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: 01.01V03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 73 65 93 76 75 MB/s
38% Below average
Read 58.9
Write 74.9
Mixed 72.8
SusWrite 73.1
52% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
133% 1.07 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 58 61 58 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 56.5
Write 67.3
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 63.8
43% 58 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
189% 1.53 MB/s
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Desktop 123%
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Workstation 346%
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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI (MS-7E06)

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel  $335Bench 126%, 41,056 samples750x
Core i7-13700KFIntel  $296Bench 126%, 20,009 samples664x
Core i9-13900KIntel  $475Bench 129%, 49,132 samples482x
GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $660Bench 240%, 46,082 samples884x
RTX 4070Nvidia  $539Bench 190%, 45,585 samples628x
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples416x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples330x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples280x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $179Bench 460%, 45,230 samples185x
RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples390x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples342x
Group Inc UD5-6000 2x16GBTeamBench 177%, 6,580 samples175x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $1,165

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