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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 93.6% (14th of 1015)

Based on 8,396 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 64%Average: 93.6% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 6.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 4TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.69MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 4TB (2016) is 50.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 4TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 162MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,396 samples)
Rank 1493.6%
Min Avg Max
108 Read 162 201
118 Write 169 206
54.8 Mixed 73.6 85
106 SusWrite 163 200
104% 142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.97 1.1
3.1 4K Write 4.85 6.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.69 0.9
207% 2.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 200 196 195 203 201 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 209
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 198
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.7
197% 1.97 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 198 197 205 196 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 190
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 199
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.6
188% 2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 159 161 164 160 162 MB/s
84.7% Excellent
Read 132
Write 156
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 162
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.6
177% 1.9 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 155 158 157 159 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 126
Write 147
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 156
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.9
247% 2.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 87 84 94 93 85 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 158
Write 148
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 83.2
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.6
200% 2.3 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 24,026 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 89%, 381,877 samples17,451x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 84%, 131,415 samples3,086x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 85%, 385,752 samples1,148x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 102%, 678,876 samples5,191x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $749Bench 128%, 494,721 samples5,129x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples4,280x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 465,159 samples2,471x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 583,942 samples2,123x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 153,580 samples2,075x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 307,966 samples2,453x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 85%, 227,653 samples1,422x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $94Bench 86%, 138,705 samples1,348x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $1,333

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site www.wdc.com/...

Inspiring performance, demanding capacity...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

16 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,930

Terrible

2 years ago.

Drive is fast enough...but has got this loud click every 4-5 sec...which is very strange, disturbing, anoying and alarming: SMART parameters all look ok.

ARE-User
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Terrible

2 years ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i5-9400F $165Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $185Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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