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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 76.2% (103rd of 1015)

more Based on 45,136 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40EFRX-60WT0N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68EUZN0, WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40EFRX-67N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68W, WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N, WD WD40EFRX-68WT0N0
Poor: 48%Average: 76.2% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 23.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Red 4TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.43MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 4TB (2013) is 51.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Red 4TB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 45,136 samples)
Rank 10376.2%
Min Avg Max
82 Read 135 178
66.7 Write 125 167
50.6 Mixed 82.8 108
72.3 SusWrite 130 174
87% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.86 1.1
1.27 4K Write 2.43 3
0.67 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
186% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 148 149 150 147 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 166
Mixed 111
SusWrite 145
109% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.67 MB/s
704GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 135 135 135 135 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 138
Write 121
Mixed 93
SusWrite 134
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.5 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 167 167 171 170 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 97.3
Write 87.8
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 167
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.53 MB/s
755GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 126 127 127 127 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 115
Write 109
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 126
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.4 MB/s
9GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 63 66 67 65 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 71.9
Write 50.5
Mixed 51.7
SusWrite 64.3
44% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.63 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Sep '13
BHPhotoUS $11023 months
EbayUS $1196 mins
AmazonUS $1484 years
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 96%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $175

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $269Bench 87%, 603,576 samples9,379x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $420Bench 88%, 248,527 samples5,172x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $237Bench 84%, 955,105 samples3,830x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 341,488 samples3,821x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 482,957 samples3,771x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 152%, 227,048 samples1,939x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $82Bench 285%, 288,759 samples1,790x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $169Bench 300%, 253,881 samples1,648x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 322%, 272,555 samples1,503x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 496,234 samples1,595x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $98Bench 85%, 258,302 samples1,301x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $270Bench 90%, 94,410 samples943x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,004

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The WD Red family just got bigger...

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Good

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