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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 97.6% (9th of 1010)

Based on 3,444 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 68%Average: 97.6% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 2.3% 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 4.93MB/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 47.7%. 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 74.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 169MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,444 samples)
Rank 997.6%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 169 203
117 Write 174 208
57.9 Mixed 74.4 84.1
110 SusWrite 170 200
107% 147 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.1
3.5 4K Write 4.93 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
208% 2.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 188 196 188 194 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 190
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 193
119% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.8
234% 2.5 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 180 175 182 180 171 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 175
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 179
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.6
227% 2.63 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 184 179 191 185 186 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 183
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 186
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 0.8
247% 2.7 MB/s
564GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 169 173 172 175 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 182
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 172
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0.8
224% 2.4 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 107 104 102 110 MB/s
74.3% Very good
Read 153
Write 167
Mixed 69
SusWrite 105
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.7
207% 2.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,468,350 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
NeweggUS $1973 months
BHPhotoUS $1991 day
AmazonUS $2021 day
EbayUS $2986 mins
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 6,371 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 128%
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Workstation
Workstation 117%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $220

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $359Bench 108%, 170,129 samples5,343x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $237Bench 101%, 63,241 samples467x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $423Bench 110%, 6,878 samples255x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $770Bench 153%, 213,532 samples2,438x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 352,399 samples1,158x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples567x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 218%, 59,677 samples724x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 197%, 103,099 samples701x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples405x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $159Bench 89%, 31,513 samples499x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 111,331 samples409x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 58,078 samples222x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $1,618

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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

3 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,470

Terrible

7 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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873

Terrible

6 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i7-8700K $359Nvidia GTX 1070 $340Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $235Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $97
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
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