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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 96.4% (12th of 1015)

Based on 5,185 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 70%Average: 96.4% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 3.6% 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 4.86MB/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 45.2%. 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 74MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 167MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,185 samples)
Rank 1296.4%
Min Avg Max
112 Read 167 202
127 Write 173 205
58.6 Mixed 74 83.5
107 SusWrite 168 200
106% 146 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.1
3.3 4K Write 4.86 6.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
206% 2.17 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: 172 170 174 171 169 175 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 205
Mixed 82
SusWrite 172
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.8
232% 2.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 168 166 163 170 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 191
Mixed 79.5
SusWrite 165
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.7
230% 2.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 145 167 161 126 164 MB/s
91.9% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 170
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 147
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.7
237% 2.63 MB/s
511GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 119 119 118 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 123
Write 132
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 119
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.7
186% 1.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,165,299 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
NeweggUS $1979 months
BHPhotoUS $1995 months
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 22,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 126%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 108%, 282,184 samples16,727x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 101%, 106,028 samples3,230x
Core i7-8700Intel  $300Bench 102%, 83,717 samples984x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 150%, 339,039 samples5,781x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples4,722x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples2,018x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 129,236 samples2,088x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 85,368 samples1,829x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $120Bench 268%, 77,670 samples1,430x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $115Bench 90%, 63,905 samples2,345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 87%, 184,619 samples1,932x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $99Bench 84%, 31,472 samples973x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $1,543

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 Comments

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

Inspiring performance, demanding capacity...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,620

Terrible

13 months 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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971

Terrible

12 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350Nvidia GTX 1070 $380Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $139Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
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