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WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 24.8% (1039th of 1071)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WUS721010ALE6L4
Poor: 19%Average: 24.8% Great: 29%

Very poor average bench

The WDC WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB averaged 75.2% 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 219MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB is just 10.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WUS721010ALE6L4 10TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 3.86MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 7.25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 103924.8%
Min Avg Max
144 Read 218 275
136 Write 219 279
42.1 Mixed 109 150
80.1 SusWrite 215 266
42.7% 190 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.7 3.1
8.1 4K Write 9.33 10.9
1.1 4K Mixed 1.46 1.8
9.37% 4.17 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 3.86 5.1
4 DQ Write 7.25 9.6
1.5 DQ Mixed 5.46 6.9
4.17% 5.52 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: VXGNW9U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 258 256 251 250 252 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 258
Write 247
Mixed 120
SusWrite 254
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 1.4
10% 4.57 MB/s
DQ Read 4.2
DQ Write 5
DQ Mixed 6
4% 5.07 MB/s
9TB free
Firmware: VXGNW9U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 246 253 247 256 254 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 228
Write 234
Mixed 103
SusWrite 251
46% 204 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 9.7
4K Mixed 1.1
9% 4.17 MB/s
DQ Read 4.2
DQ Write 8
DQ Mixed 4.1
4% 5.43 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: VXGNW980
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 223 226 226 235 228 MB/s
26.2% Poor
Read 236
Write 243
Mixed 107
SusWrite 227
46% 203 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 9.7
4K Mixed 1.4
9% 4.13 MB/s
DQ Read 3.7
DQ Write 7.2
DQ Mixed 6.8
5% 5.9 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: VXGNW980
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 229 220 232 229 227 MB/s
25.8% Poor
Read 224
Write 220
Mixed 107
SusWrite 227
44% 195 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 1.1
9% 4.37 MB/s
DQ Read 4.2
DQ Write 6.8
DQ Mixed 5.9
4% 5.63 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: VXGNW9G0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 222 229 226 235 239 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 212
Write 217
Mixed 102
SusWrite 230
43% 190 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 1.2
8% 3.87 MB/s
DQ Read 3.6
DQ Write 8.4
DQ Mixed 4.8
4% 5.6 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: VXGNW980
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 201 203 204 203 204 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 217
Write 212
Mixed 100
SusWrite 203
41% 183 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 1.3
10% 4.6 MB/s
DQ Read 3.9
DQ Write 6.9
DQ Mixed 6.5
5% 5.77 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: W920
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 208 199 192 193 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 183
Write 184
Mixed 118
SusWrite 197
38% 170 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 1.6
11% 4.3 MB/s
DQ Read 4
DQ Write 9.2
DQ Mixed 6.1
5% 6.43 MB/s
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