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WD WD40EFRX

Red 4TB (2013)

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Release date: Q3 2013.

Average Bench: 75.6% (103rd of 1015)

more Based on 29,077 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0, WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0, 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: 75.6% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Red 4TB (2013) averaged 24.4% 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 0.96MB/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 51.6%. 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 81.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29,077 samples)
Rank 10375.6%
Min Avg Max
79.6 Read 133 178
72.5 Write 125 167
54.3 Mixed 81.7 107
77.2 SusWrite 130 174
86.3% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.84 1.1
1.6 4K Write 2.44 3
0.7 4K Mixed 0.96 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: 167 169 169 170 171 170 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 171
Mixed 98.1
SusWrite 169
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.53 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 148 153 148 150 MB/s
85.1% Excellent
Read 148
Write 148
Mixed 84.6
SusWrite 148
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.6 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 126 126 126 125 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 122
Write 119
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 125
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
286GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 95 95 95 96 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 104
Write 91.9
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 94.7
67% 90.8 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 31,071,070 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $150 @ launch in Sep '13
EbayUS $10620 mins
BHPhotoUS $11013 months
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AmazonUS $1484 years
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Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $200Bench 84%, 451,203 samples19,480x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $284Bench 87%, 303,907 samples6,036x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $209Bench 86%, 152,096 samples4,993x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $399Bench 106%, 214,536 samples5,284x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $505Bench 111%, 271,506 samples5,069x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 70%, 107,348 samples2,896x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 108%, 404,342 samples1,728x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 289%, 171,723 samples1,448x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 274%, 224,470 samples1,346x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 304,909 samples4,819x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $86Bench 85%, 135,634 samples2,278x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $59Bench 86%, 148,505 samples2,093x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $868

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The WD Red family just got bigger...

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Good

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