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WD WD4004FZWX

Black 4TB (2016)

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Release date: Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 93% (15th of 1015)

Based on 5,709 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-00GBG, WDC WD40 04FZWX-00GBGB0, WDC WD4004FZWX-0
Poor: 67%Average: 93% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Black 4TB (2016) averaged just 6.9% 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 0.68MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 4TB (2016) is 46.2%. 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 73.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 161MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,709 samples)
Rank 1593%
Min Avg Max
107 Read 161 200
114 Write 167 206
57 Mixed 73.1 83.6
114 SusWrite 162 198
103% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.1
3.2 4K Write 4.91 6.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.68 0.9
207% 2.19 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: 182 177 179 182 176 179 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 178
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 179
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.8
218% 2.13 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 152 147 155 149 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 140
Write 144
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 151
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.7
228% 2.57 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 130 127 125 127 127 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 135
Write 149
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 129
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.7
187% 1.87 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $210 @ launch in Jun '16
AmazonUS $1732 days
BHPhotoUS $1742 days
EbayUS $28915 mins
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Typical Black 4TB (2016) Builds (Compare 19,297 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 104%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $345Bench 83%, 306,631 samples14,227x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $229Bench 74%, 103,504 samples2,429x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $284Bench 76%, 326,590 samples878x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $799Bench 124%, 356,296 samples4,272x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples4,270x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples3,529x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples2,098x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 134,885 samples1,850x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples1,819x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples1,998x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 86%, 121,281 samples1,194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 87%, 81,399 samples1,113x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Average Total price: $1,519

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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

8 months ago.

PRT-User
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1,716

Terrible

17 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

16 months ago.

It takes more time to wake up than a usual HDD

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Intel Core i5-9600K $225Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i7-9700K $350Nvidia RTX 2060 $340Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $211
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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