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Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 95.3% (11th of 1010)

Based on 3,441 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 67%Average: 95.3% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 4.6% 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 4.88MB/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 47.2%. 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 73MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 165MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,441 samples)
Rank 1195.3%
Min Avg Max
112 Read 165 201
123 Write 172 205
55.8 Mixed 73 84.2
107 SusWrite 166 200
105% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.1
3.3 4K Write 4.88 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
207% 2.18 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 199 197 202 199 199 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 199
Mixed 81
SusWrite 200
124% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.8
224% 2.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 203 194 199 202 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 194
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 198
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.7
204% 2.13 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: 0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 128 123 127 127 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 153
Write 172
Mixed 73
SusWrite 126
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.7
190% 1.97 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 14,197,005 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
NeweggUS $1975 months
BHPhotoUS $1991 month
AmazonUS $2021 month
EbayUS $29319 mins
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 7,506 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 127%
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Desktop
Desktop 128%
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Workstation
Workstation 116%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $230

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $363Bench 108%, 222,994 samples6,197x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 101%, 76,955 samples564x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $468Bench 110%, 10,448 samples324x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 149%, 261,483 samples2,783x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples1,281x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples668x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 219%, 73,993 samples789x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 111,914 samples756x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples462x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $160Bench 90%, 45,212 samples602x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 145,991 samples488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $125Bench 94%, 72,616 samples271x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $1,700

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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

54 mins ago.

PRT-User
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1,540

Terrible

9 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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907

Terrible

8 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $368Nvidia GTX 1070 $350Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $63
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $149Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $90
Intel Core i5-8600K $260Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $780SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $125SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
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