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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 91.6% (18th of 1015)

Based on 8,459 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 63%Average: 91.6% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 8.3% 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 4.86MB/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 49.2%. 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 72.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 159MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,459 samples)
Rank 1891.6%
Min Avg Max
103 Read 159 198
112 Write 165 203
53 Mixed 72.2 84.1
104 SusWrite 159 199
101% 139 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.97 1.1
3 4K Write 4.86 6.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
206% 2.17 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: 196 200 202 197 201 202 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 196
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 200
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.8
214% 2.1 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 182 182 183 183 178 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 193
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 182
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.9
239% 2.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 174 168 170 172 MB/s
94.4% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 160
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 171
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.4
177% 2.07 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 161 163 164 165 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 150
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 163
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
188% 1.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,183,458 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
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BHPhotoUS $17414 months
AmazonUS $2708 hrs
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 8,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $275Bench 84%, 457,820 samples3,612x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $188Bench 79%, 270,832 samples2,759x
Core i7-6700Intel  $276Bench 76%, 185,951 samples530x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 886,769 samples1,542x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 104%, 752,973 samples819x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $267Bench 57%, 900,230 samples811x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 684,472 samples824x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 111%, 567,407 samples693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 316,931 samples252x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 84%, 418,722 samples668x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 71%, 72,397 samples404x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 85%, 349,082 samples389x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,045

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HDrivePro
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Official site www.wdc.com/...

Inspiring performance, demanding capacity...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

PRT-User
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2,112

Terrible

2 years 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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1,331

Terrible

2 years ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i5-9400F $153Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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