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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 22.4% (1052nd of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks.  Model: WUH721816ALE6L4
Poor: 16%Average: 22.4% Great: 28%

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Very poor average bench

The WUH721816ALE6L4 16TB averaged 77.5% 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 198MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WUH721816ALE6L4 16TB is just 12.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WUH721816ALE6L4 16TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.26MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 5.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)
Rank 105222.4%
Min Avg Max
119 Read 203 261
46.9 Write 198 264
64.7 Mixed 88 128
116 SusWrite 194 263
38.3% 171 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 1.97 5.4
0.1 4K Write 8.57 14.9
0 4K Mixed 0.72 1.8
8.47% 3.76 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 DQ Read 1.26 2.5
3.8 DQ Write 5.5 10.2
2.5 DQ Mixed 4.29 6.3
3.03% 3.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
14.5TB free
Firmware: PCGAW660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 260 250 257 247 249 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 253
Write 249
Mixed 70
SusWrite 254
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 1.6
8% 3.3 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: PCGAW232
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 173 190 227 211 187 MB/s
22.4% Poor
Read 203
Write 199
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 192
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 0.5
9% 4.47 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 5.5
DQ Mixed 3.7
3% 3.43 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: PCGAW232
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 172 190 227 210 189 MB/s
22% Poor
Read 203
Write 199
Mixed 89.9
SusWrite 192
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 0.3
8% 3.47 MB/s
DQ Read 1.3
DQ Write 5.2
DQ Mixed 4.3
3% 3.6 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: PCGAW232
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 142 136 144 141 MB/s
16.2% Very poor
Read 143
Write 137
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 141
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.5
7% 2.97 MB/s
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Gaming 230%
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Desktop 110%
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Workstation 271%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI (MS-7D30)

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel  $297Bench 117%, 66,991 samples1,936x
Core i7-12700KIntel  $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples1,139x
Core i9-12900KFIntel  $310Bench 117%, 15,291 samples319x
GPU
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples865x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples568x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples506x
SSD
WUH721816ALE6L4 16TBBench 22%, 38 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples255x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples236x
CMT32GX5M2B5600C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 167%, 4,540 samples160x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $957

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