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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 76.7% (99th of 1015)

more Based on 35,061 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: 76.7% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 23.2% 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 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.44MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Red 4TB (2013) is 54.1%. 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 81.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 35,061 samples)
Rank 9976.7%
Min Avg Max
75.7 Read 136 183
68.2 Write 126 169
40.8 Mixed 81.4 108
74.8 SusWrite 131 176
87.2% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.85 1.1
1 4K Write 2.44 3
0.6 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%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 173 175 175 175 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 165
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 172
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.6 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 121 120 120 122 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 130
Write 126
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 120
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.47 MB/s
709GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 115 115 115 116 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 113
Write 104
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 115
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
379GB free
Firmware: 82.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 35 52 71 71 71 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 85.7
Write 81.2
Mixed 51
SusWrite 58.6
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Sep '13
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Gaming
Gaming 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 98%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $329Bench 87%, 450,504 samples7,147x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $544Bench 89%, 181,013 samples3,907x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $198Bench 84%, 703,010 samples2,903x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 286,928 samples3,045x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 401,550 samples3,036x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $770Bench 137%, 148,615 samples1,224x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 287%, 246,585 samples1,279x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 307%, 197,148 samples1,124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 323%, 187,309 samples917x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 360,684 samples1,217x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 85%, 188,132 samples988x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $150Bench 89%, 70,944 samples712x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $1,083

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Official site www.wdc.com/...

The WD Red family just got bigger...

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Good

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Pretty fast and has lots of capacy

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