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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 75.7% (104th of 1015)

more Based on 49,515 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, WDC WD40EFRX-60N32N0
Poor: 48%Average: 75.7% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 24.2% 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 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.45MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 4TB (2013) is 52.3%. 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 82.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49,515 samples)
Rank 10475.7%
Min Avg Max
81.3 Read 134 177
70.7 Write 125 165
49.6 Mixed 82.7 108
75.4 SusWrite 130 175
86.6% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.87 1.1
1.5 4K Write 2.45 3
0.7 4K Mixed 0.95 1.1
187% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 129 131 132 131 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 78.7
Mixed 108
SusWrite 130
83% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.2
91% 0.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 142 145 142 141 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 109
Write 108
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 141
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
196% 1.57 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 106 108 109 MB/s
62% Good
Read 108
Write 111
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 108
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.43 MB/s
981GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 103 102 105 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 91.1
Write 92.3
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 104
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 44,760,771 HDDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Sep '13
BHPhotoUS $1102 years
EbayUS $1268 days
AmazonUS $1485 years
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Typical Red 4TB (2013) Builds (Compare 33,104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 177%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 207%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $375

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $519Bench 86%, 293,369 samples7,064x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $372Bench 103%, 116,524 samples4,909x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 85%, 755,235 samples4,707x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $700Bench 207%, 309,897 samples3,244x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples2,662x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,500Bench 234%, 110,214 samples2,094x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 328%, 393,348 samples3,193x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $160Bench 401%, 120,987 samples2,318x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $133Bench 300%, 314,224 samples2,150x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 64,964 samples2,372x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $286Bench 87%, 134,660 samples1,037x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 86%, 343,296 samples636x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $1,699

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

The WD Red family just got bigger...

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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

DEU-User
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Good

23 months ago.

Pretty fast and has lots of capacy

saiht
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Average

4 months ago.

Good value for the money. But had one broken one (faulty sectors, multisector errors) after 12000 hours. Two others still working fine with more than 40,000 hours.

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