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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

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Average Bench: 74.4% (107th of 1010)

more Based on 11,796 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40EFRX-67N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68W, WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N, WD WD40EFRX-68WT0N0
Poor: 43%Average: 74.4% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 25.5% 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 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 4TB (2013) is 55.8%. 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 79.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,796 samples)
Rank 10774.4%
Min Avg Max
77.3 Read 134 177
68.8 Write 123 166
50.2 Mixed 79.8 106
68.6 SusWrite 125 172
84.9% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.84 1.1
1.3 4K Write 2.4 3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.94 1.1
184% 1.39 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 174 175 174 174 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 164
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 173
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 180 180 182 177 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 168
Mixed 111
SusWrite 179
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 14,196,231 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $150 @ launch in Sep '13
EbayUS $11942 mins
OutletPCUS $12313 hrs
NeweggUS $1244 hrs
BHPhotoUS $1244 hrs
AmazonUS $1482 years
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Typical Red 4TB (2013) Builds (Compare 18,871 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 126%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 113%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $368Bench 108%, 222,994 samples14,002x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 101%, 76,955 samples2,688x
Core i7-8700Intel  $305Bench 102%, 52,408 samples766x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 149%, 261,483 samples4,880x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples4,043x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples1,712x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 111,914 samples1,853x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 219%, 73,993 samples1,597x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples1,256x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $160Bench 90%, 45,212 samples1,958x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 145,991 samples1,654x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $130Bench 85%, 21,433 samples838x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,626

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