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WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 26.6% (1031st of 1072)

Based on 19,163 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0
Poor: 16%Average: 26.6% Great: 39%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB averaged 73.3% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 20.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB is 22.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.26MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.22MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,163 samples)
Rank 103126.6%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 168 206
90.3 Write 149 180
65.7 Mixed 95.2 118
89.6 SusWrite 150 183
31.5% 140 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.16 4K Read 20.9 44.5
9.2 4K Write 11.5 12.7
0.8 4K Mixed 1.03 1.17
39.1% 11.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 1.26 1.5
9.6 DQ Write 11.4 13.8
0.5 DQ Mixed 1.22 2.07
2.47% 4.63 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 180 179 179 177 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 200
Write 174
Mixed 113
SusWrite 179
37% 166 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 1.1
60% 15.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 4.33 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 190 188 189 184 188 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 192
Write 185
Mixed 108
SusWrite 188
38% 168 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 1
32% 9.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 13.9
DQ Mixed 1.3
3% 5.57 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 186 187 187 184 MB/s
27.8% Poor
Read 196
Write 172
Mixed 112
SusWrite 186
37% 166 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 1.1
31% 8.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.7
DQ Write 14.1
DQ Mixed 0.7
3% 5.5 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 172 171 170 172 MB/s
24.3% Poor
Read 189
Write 158
Mixed 96.5
SusWrite 170
34% 154 MB/s
4K Read 9.9
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 1.1
22% 7.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.6
DQ Write 8.7
DQ Mixed 2
2% 4.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 146 145 146 143 MB/s
24% Poor
Read 185
Write 164
Mixed 102
SusWrite 145
34% 149 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 0.8
28% 8.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 12.4
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4.73 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 164 164 163 160 MB/s
23.8% Poor
Read 181
Write 176
Mixed 112
SusWrite 163
36% 158 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 1.1
23% 7.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 11.9
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 4.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 113 115 111 MB/s
16.1% Very poor
Read 136
Write 134
Mixed 93
SusWrite 114
27% 119 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 1
12% 5.13 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 12.7
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 5 MB/s
180GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 79 82 81 80 MB/s
12.8% Very poor
Read 119
Write 102
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 80.8
21% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 10.3
4K Mixed 0.9
10% 4.57 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 10.5
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 3.97 MB/s
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Gaming 141%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $200Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,723x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,290x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,471x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,568x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,708x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,632x
SSD
WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TBWDCBench 27%, 19,163 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples951x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples583x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples566x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $904

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