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WUH721818AL 18TB

WUH721818AL 18TB
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Effective Speed -248%Effective Speed -248%Average Score -894%Read -120%, Write -104%, 4K Read -170%, 4K Write -642%, Mixed -164%, 4K Mixed -5,016%, SusWrite -44%Peak Score -498%Read -100%, Write -89%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -705%, Mixed -147%, 4K Mixed -2,328%, SusWrite -46%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -4,262%DQ Read -3,933%, DQ Write -3,248%, DQ Mixed -5,514%, ADQ Read -11,076%, ADQ Write -3,571%, ADQ Mixed -6,200%, Age 156%, AS-SSD Total -710%

Average Bench: 28.3% (1022^nd of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WUH721818AL

Poor: 21%Average: 28.3% Great: 34%

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Asrock X570 PG Velocita (1)

Very poor average bench

The WDC WUH721818AL 18TB averaged 71.7% 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 12.7MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 206MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WUH721818AL 18TB is just 13.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WUH721818AL 18TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 2.92MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 102228.3%

Min	Avg	Max
126	Read 208	253
119	Write 199	256
97.6	Mixed 136	171
134	SusWrite 206	266
42.2% 187 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.6	4K Read 12.7	24.9
8.5	4K Write 11.8	15.2
0.1	4K Mixed 0.88	2.4
26.6% 8.46 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	DQ Read 2.92	9.1
5.2	DQ Write 7.87	10.7
0.4	DQ Mixed 4.13	5.9
3.53% 4.97 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NOR-User, 8 months ago.

7TB free

Firmware: W680

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 187 189 191 188 MB/s

23.1% Poor

Write 181

Mixed 99.3

SusWrite 188

36% 157 MB/s

4K Read 7.9

4K Write 8.5

4K Mixed 1.2

18% 5.87 MB/s

DQ Read 2.9

DQ Write 8.2

DQ Mixed 3.9

4% 5 MB/s

ARE-User, 4 months ago.

395GB free

Firmware: W680

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 133 131 134 136 MB/s

18.8% Very poor

Write 127

Mixed 140

SusWrite 134

30% 132 MB/s

4K Read 7.7

4K Write 12.7

4K Mixed 0.9

20% 7.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1.9

DQ Write 10.7

DQ Mixed 0.4

2% 4.33 MB/s

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Workstation 170%

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Motherboard: Asrock X570 PG Velocita

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	67x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	57x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	35x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	18x
RX 6700-XTAMD $480Bench 122%, 20,231 samples	17x

SSD
WUH721818AL 18TBWDCBench 28%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	11x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 4x8GBUnknownBench 101%, 4,705 samples	6x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBUnknownBench 83%, 45,647 samples	6x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $724

Popular WUH721818AL 18TB compatible motherboards:

Asrock X570 PG Velocita (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WUH721818AL 18TB

Average Bench: 28.3% (1022^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 28.3% (1022nd of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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Average Bench: 28.3% (1022^nd of 1072)