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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

▲ 60282 ▼

Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 93.2% (15th of 1015)

Based on 6,573 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 65%Average: 93.2% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 6.8% 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 4.97MB/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 47.9%. 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 73.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 161MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,573 samples)
Rank 1593.2%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 161 197
114 Write 167 200
57.2 Mixed 73.2 83.7
108 SusWrite 163 200
103% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.99 1.1
3.5 4K Write 4.97 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
207% 2.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 131 131 136 131 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 144
Write 148
Mixed 66
SusWrite 133
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.8
203% 1.87 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 124 117 121 122 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 112
Write 115
Mixed 64
SusWrite 122
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 2.07 MB/s
582GB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 42 43 43 43 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 187
Write 42
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 42.8
60% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.6
158% 1.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,066,173 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
BHPhotoUS $1743 months
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 21,494 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 87%, 366,906 samples15,770x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 83%, 128,494 samples2,715x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 81%, 330,548 samples996x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples4,694x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples4,687x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples3,856x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples2,269x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 174,625 samples1,975x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples1,962x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples2,212x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 87%, 166,510 samples1,316x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $95Bench 86%, 101,976 samples1,226x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $1,556

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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

12 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,796

Terrible

21 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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1,101

Terrible

20 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-9400F $155Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $384Nvidia RTX 2060 $340Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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