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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

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Average Bench: 76.4% (98th of 1010)

more Based on 12,857 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68EUZN0, WDC WD40EFRX-67N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68W, WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N32N0, WDC WD40EFRX-68N, WD WD40EFRX-68WT0N0
Poor: 47%Average: 76.4% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 23.6% 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 0.93MB/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 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 80.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,857 samples)
Rank 9876.4%
Min Avg Max
81.3 Read 136 174
77.4 Write 126 166
41.6 Mixed 80.1 106
76.7 SusWrite 130 173
86.7% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.84 1.01
0.99 4K Write 2.4 3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.93 1.1
183% 1.39 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 150 150 149 149 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 160
Write 136
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 149
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.57 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 120 120 120 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 185
Write 157
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 119
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 143 139 144 142 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 132
Write 134
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 142
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 142 145 145 142 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 112
Write 98.7
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 142
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
190% 1.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 82 89 84 74 85 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 59
Write 75.2
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 80.1
48% 65.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,714,779 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $150 @ launch in Sep '13
EbayUS $11840 mins
OutletPCUS $12023 hrs
NeweggUS $1244 hrs
BHPhotoUS $12415 hrs
AmazonUS $1482 years
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Gaming
Gaming 127%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $365Bench 107%, 256,826 samples15,510x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 98,916 samples2,984x
Core i7-8700Intel  $310Bench 103%, 69,766 samples878x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 287,815 samples5,397x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples4,427x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $364Bench 98%, 535,855 samples1,869x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 127,835 samples1,964x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $120Bench 218%, 79,020 samples1,735x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples1,340x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $140Bench 91%, 54,980 samples2,175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 168,565 samples1,833x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $121Bench 84%, 24,859 samples921x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $1,603

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