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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 93.3% (14th of 1015)

Based on 6,605 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 65%Average: 93.3% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 6.6% 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 4.91MB/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 48.3%. 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 72.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,605 samples)
Rank 1493.3%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 163 200
109 Write 168 204
55.3 Mixed 72.8 83.2
108 SusWrite 162 199
103% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.97 1.1
3.2 4K Write 4.91 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
206% 2.18 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: 171 173 184 168 179 188 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 175
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 177
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.8
249% 2.73 MB/s
795GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 146 149 147 146 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 180
Mixed 77
SusWrite 147
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.8
218% 2.17 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 157 151 143 150 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 167
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 149
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 0.7
240% 2.7 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 177 172 144 150 170 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 117
Write 121
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 160
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.8
207% 1.93 MB/s
922GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 136 133 129 137 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 122
Write 135
Mixed 74
SusWrite 133
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.8
232% 2.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,348,224 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
BHPhotoUS $1741 month
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 20,308 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  $329Bench 87%, 330,242 samples14,937x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 83%, 113,690 samples2,554x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $275Bench 81%, 350,102 samples942x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 528,138 samples4,463x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $799Bench 132%, 410,234 samples4,460x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples3,677x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples2,190x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 152,751 samples1,911x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 529,683 samples1,885x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 85%, 252,931 samples2,095x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 87%, 149,447 samples1,247x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $85Bench 87%, 82,476 samples1,166x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $1,246

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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

10 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,748

Terrible

19 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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Terrible

18 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $195AMD RX 590 $185Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $340Nvidia RTX 2060 $325Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51
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