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My Book 1230 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 64.2% (166th of 1015)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: WD My Book 1230
Poor: 52%Average: 64.2% Great: 75%

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Above average average bench

The WD My Book 1230 6TB averaged 35.8% 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 0.96MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.15MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD My Book 1230 6TB is 23.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD My Book 1230 6TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 16664.2%
Min Avg Max
72.7 Read 116 156
70.5 Write 110 148
47.8 Mixed 76.4 97
81.5 SusWrite 108 161
75.3% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.15 1.4
1.4 4K Write 2.32 2.9
0.9 4K Mixed 0.96 1.1
197% 1.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 133 127 129 127 133 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 134
Write 118
Mixed 88.7
SusWrite 129
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 121 121 120 121 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 122
Write 119
Mixed 85.9
SusWrite 121
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 121 121 120 121 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 117
Write 122
Mixed 78
SusWrite 120
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 111 118 107 116 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 109
Write 101
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 113
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
844GB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 99 104 102 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 100
Write 98.5
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 102
70% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.43 MB/s
321GB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 89 89 89 88 MB/s
53.9% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 101
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 89.8
68% 91.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
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Typical My Book 1230 6TB Builds (Compare 2,546 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $135

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,091x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples422x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples235x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples158x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples158x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples97x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples59x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $360

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