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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 92.8% (15th of 1015)

Based on 6,329 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 65%Average: 92.8% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 7.1% 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 0.67MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 4TB (2016) is 47.6%. 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 72.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 161MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,329 samples)
Rank 1592.8%
Min Avg Max
107 Read 161 198
115 Write 167 201
56.7 Mixed 72.9 83.6
109 SusWrite 162 200
103% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.1
3.31 4K Write 4.93 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
207% 2.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 206 188 205 200 193 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 217
Write 200
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 199
127% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.5
206% 2.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 183 181 165 168 184 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 115
Write 111
Mixed 67
SusWrite 174
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.5
209% 2.47 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 21,897 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 87%, 364,769 samples16,035x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 83%, 121,474 samples2,782x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $280Bench 81%, 380,809 samples1,020x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 580,251 samples4,761x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $699Bench 132%, 419,382 samples4,747x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 737,242 samples3,921x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 447,965 samples2,294x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $51Bench 103%, 563,518 samples1,991x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 165,442 samples1,988x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 85%, 299,493 samples2,254x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $82Bench 86%, 162,996 samples1,336x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $100Bench 87%, 113,224 samples1,239x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $1,281

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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

13 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,808

Terrible

22 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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1,119

Terrible

21 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $159Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $210Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370Nvidia RTX 2060 $330Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $82SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $683SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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