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WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB

WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB
BENCHMARKS (1,319)
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Effective Speed -311%Effective Speed -311%Average Score -920%Read -118%, Write -95%, 4K Read -1,895%, 4K Write -796%, Mixed -259%, 4K Mixed -3,235%, SusWrite -43%Peak Score -1,019%Read -106%, Write -97%, 4K Read -2,049%, 4K Write -1,002%, Mixed -278%, 4K Mixed -3,542%, SusWrite -59%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves DQ Read -27,915%, DQ Write -5,678%, DQ Mixed -7,786%, ADQ Read -20,954%, ADQ Write -5,736%, ADQ Mixed -7,168%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -1,363%

Average Bench: 24% (1043^rd of 1072)

Based on 1,319 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0

Poor: 18%Average: 24% Great: 27%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very poor average bench

The WDC WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB averaged 76.0% 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. Sequential Write Speed 208MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 207MB/s

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB is just 9.88%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.55MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 4.95MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,319 samples)

Rank 104324%

Min	Avg	Max
140	Read 210	246
139	Write 208	246
82.4	Mixed 100	112
129	SusWrite 207	243
40.8% 182 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.3	4K Read 1.72	2
8.3	4K Write 9.78	11.1
1	4K Mixed 1.35	1.6
9.5% 4.28 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	DQ Read 1.55	1.31
3.6	DQ Write 4.95	6.2
2.1	DQ Mixed 3.58	4.2
2.63% 3.36 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

667GB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 231 229 228 232 226 MB/s

26.4% Poor

Write 245

Mixed 98.5

SusWrite 229

46% 203 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 8.1

4K Mixed 1.6

9% 3.83 MB/s

DQ Read 1

DQ Write 4.2

DQ Mixed 3.2

2% 2.8 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 172 176 173 172 174 MB/s

19.9% Very poor

Write 160

Mixed 87.5

SusWrite 174

33% 146 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 8.8

4K Mixed 1.5

9% 3.97 MB/s

DQ Read 1.1

DQ Write 6.3

DQ Mixed 3.9

3% 3.77 MB/s

ROU-User, 14 days ago.

869GB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 164 172 168 168 170 MB/s

19.8% Very poor

Write 171

Mixed 97.2

SusWrite 169

34% 152 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 9.7

4K Mixed 1.2

9% 4.07 MB/s

DQ Read 0.8

DQ Write 4.7

DQ Mixed 2.7

2% 2.73 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 days ago.

515GB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 142 137 142 139 MB/s

18.6% Very poor

Write 194

Mixed 90.2

SusWrite 140

34% 152 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 8.9

4K Mixed 1.5

9% 3.93 MB/s

DQ Read 0.7

DQ Write 4.2

DQ Mixed 2.2

2% 2.37 MB/s

DEU-User, 9 days ago.

882GB free

Firmware: 83.00A83

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 147 144 147 145 MB/s

17.6% Very poor

Write 155

Mixed 86.9

SusWrite 146

30% 134 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 8.8

4K Mixed 1.3

9% 3.87 MB/s

DQ Read 0.8

DQ Write 6.2

DQ Mixed 2.6

2% 3.2 MB/s

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Gaming 141%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 140%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	269x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	202x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	152x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	105x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	93x

SSD
WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TBWDCBench 24%, 1,319 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	50x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	42x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $681

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Comments

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BRA-User

level
4,637

Excellent

5 years ago.

Drive is WD Red Pro 4TB ( WD4003FFBX)

EUR-User

level
962

Excellent

2 years ago.

Great! But not an SSD. Please fix this

Atemu

level
6

Excellent

5 years ago.

This is NOT an SSD, it's a really good value (and fast) 4TB HDD with 5 years of warranty.

Zthe4nt

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2

Excellent

16 months ago.

It is a fast hdd not a slow ssd, please fix this bench!

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WDC

WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB

Average Bench: 24% (1043rd of 1072)

Popular builds with this SSD

Very poor average bench

Strengths

Excellent consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

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Average Bench: 24% (1043^rd of 1072)