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WD WD40EZRX

Green 4TB (2013)

▲ 5135 ▼

Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 66.1% (157th of 1015)

more Based on 31,988 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0, WD40EZRX-00SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-11SPEB0, WDC WD40 EZRX-75SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-19, WDC WD40 EZRX-22SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-00M, WDC WD40 EZRX-11SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-32SPEB0, WDC WD40 EZRX-19SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-19S, WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-00MVLB1, WDC WD40EZRX-75S, WDC WD40EZRX-75SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-19SPEB0, WDC WD40EZRX-00S, WDC WD40EZRX-22S, WDC WD40EZRX-32S, WDC WD40EZRX-22SPEB0, WDC WD40 EZRX-00MVLB1
Poor: 39%Average: 66.1% Great: 87%

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Above average average bench

The WD Green 4TB (2013) averaged 33.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.13MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 4TB (2013) is 47.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 4TB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31,988 samples)
Rank 15766.1%
Min Avg Max
68.8 Read 118 156
54.6 Write 110 146
39.7 Mixed 74.1 94.8
57.7 SusWrite 112 151
76.1% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.86 1
0.81 4K Write 2.13 2.7
0.51 4K Mixed 0.88 1
173% 1.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 128 140 127 139 123 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 135
Write 126
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 129
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1.03 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 99 119 120 126 130 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 124
Write 108
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 118
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 98 95 95 98 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 109
Write 106
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 96.2
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.33 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $132 @ launch in Sep '13
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Gaming 82%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 72%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples801x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples248x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples198x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples224x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples172x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples112x
SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples129x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples129x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530

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