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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 93.2% (13th of 1015)

Based on 6,690 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 67%Average: 93.2% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 6.7% 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 4.91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.68MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 4TB (2016) is 46.5%. 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 73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 161MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,690 samples)
Rank 1393.2%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 161 199
108 Write 166 201
55 Mixed 73 83.2
106 SusWrite 163 200
103% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.97 1.1
2.9 4K Write 4.91 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
207% 2.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 200 198 189 201 193 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 176
Mixed 76
SusWrite 194
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.7
206% 2.17 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 156 167 169 157 163 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 150
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 163
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.4
198% 2.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 158 156 157 151 158 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 142
Write 156
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 155
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.5
199% 2.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 37,656,799 HDDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $210 @ launch in Jun '16
BHPhotoUS $17418 months
AmazonUS $24017 mins
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Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $299Bench 83%, 504,930 samples5,065x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $188Bench 80%, 276,441 samples3,787x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 76%, 220,902 samples719x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples2,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 799,418 samples1,126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples1,112x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples1,081x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples962x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $110Bench 114%, 389,170 samples345x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples862x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $89Bench 72%, 79,760 samples549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples534x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,101

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

Inspiring performance, demanding capacity...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

PRT-User
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2,208

Terrible

3 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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1,419

Terrible

2 years ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i5-11400F $180Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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