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WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 29.3% (1019th of 1072)

Based on 962 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0
Poor: 16%Average: 29.3% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0 4TB averaged 70.7% 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 25.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 159MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0 4TB is 23.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.26MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.21MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 962 samples)
Rank 101929.3%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 176 210
97.1 Write 157 181
67.2 Mixed 99.4 123
98.1 SusWrite 159 186
33.2% 148 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.95 4K Read 25.1 46.1
9.5 4K Write 11.8 12.7
0.9 4K Mixed 1.05 1.2
45.6% 12.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 1.26 1.5
9.7 DQ Write 11.2 13.7
0.6 DQ Mixed 1.21 1.98
2.43% 4.57 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: 178 179 178 176 177 179 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 206
Write 175
Mixed 126
SusWrite 178
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 12
4K Mixed 1.1
67% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 10.3
DQ Mixed 1
2% 4.2 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 170 170 170 170 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 189
Write 158
Mixed 111
SusWrite 170
35% 157 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 1.2
56% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 10.4
DQ Mixed 1.8
3% 4.57 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 163 162 162 161 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 186
Write 158
Mixed 107
SusWrite 162
34% 153 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 1.1
45% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 13.3
DQ Mixed 1.1
3% 5.3 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 160 165 133 166 165 MB/s
27.7% Poor
Read 179
Write 177
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 149
34% 151 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 1.1
42% 11.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 9.9
DQ Mixed 1.5
2% 4.17 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 167 166 165 167 MB/s
26.6% Poor
Read 177
Write 175
Mixed 108
SusWrite 166
35% 156 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 12.3
4K Mixed 1.2
34% 10.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1.5
DQ Write 9.8
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.17 MB/s
482GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 92 94 93 93 MB/s
15.2% Very poor
Read 135
Write 129
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 94.1
24% 109 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 1
13% 5.33 MB/s
DQ Read 1.4
DQ Write 12.3
DQ Mixed 1.2
3% 4.97 MB/s
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Gaming 32%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 29%
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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples2,971x
Core i7-9700Intel  $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples1,510x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples326x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples916x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples642x
SSD
WD40EZAZ-22SF3B0 4TBWDCBench 29%, 962 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples469x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples359x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $259

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