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WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 24.2% (1043rd of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD121PURP-74B5SY0
Poor: 17%Average: 24.2% Great: 28%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB averaged 75.8% 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. Sustained Write Speed 212MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 211MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB is just 10.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 2.47MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 5.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 104324.2%
Min Avg Max
114 Read 209 250
134 Write 211 261
78.5 Mixed 106 123
136 SusWrite 212 250
41.5% 185 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 1.85 2.5
4.5 4K Write 7.52 10.8
1.4 4K Mixed 2.01 2.6
9.33% 3.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.1 DQ Read 2.47 2.8
4.4 DQ Write 5.6 6.2
3.8 DQ Mixed 4.59 5.2
3.33% 4.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
10.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 248 252 244 250 251 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 249
Write 248
Mixed 126
SusWrite 249
49% 218 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 1.9
11% 4.77 MB/s
DQ Read 2.3
DQ Write 6.5
DQ Mixed 4.1
3% 4.3 MB/s
11TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 244 248 245 245 242 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 233
Write 234
Mixed 116
SusWrite 245
47% 207 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 1.8
11% 4.77 MB/s
DQ Read 2.3
DQ Write 6.2
DQ Mixed 4.5
3% 4.33 MB/s
10.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 222 234 233 228 224 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 220
Write 181
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 227
41% 181 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 2.2
9% 3.27 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 163 165 161 160 MB/s
19.6% Very poor
Read 169
Write 168
Mixed 103
SusWrite 164
34% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 2.5
9% 3.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 144 151 143 146 MB/s
17.4% Very poor
Read 150
Write 150
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 146
30% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 1.8
8% 3.63 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 135 136 136 133 MB/s
17.4% Very poor
Read 154
Write 159
Mixed 95.8
SusWrite 136
31% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 1.4
10% 4.53 MB/s
DQ Read 2.5
DQ Write 5.2
DQ Mixed 5.1
4% 4.27 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 145 144 151 144 MB/s
15.4% Very poor
Read 114
Write 134
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 144
27% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 1.6
7% 2.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,831,986 SSDs tested

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Typical WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TB Builds (Compare 2,162 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 451%
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Desktop
Desktop 119%
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Workstation
Workstation 595%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI (MS-7D89)

CPU
Core i9-13900KIntel  $471Bench 129%, 49,132 samples987x
Core i7-13700KIntel  $314Bench 126%, 41,056 samples353x
Core i9-13900KFIntel  $438Bench 129%, 16,914 samples191x
GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples842x
RTX 4080Nvidia  $990Bench 290%, 22,998 samples300x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $750Bench 240%, 46,082 samples185x
SSD
WD121PURP-74B5SY0 12TBWDCBench 24%, 21 samples1x
RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples131x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples113x
Skill Intl F5-7200J3445G162x16GBGBench 201%, 3,562 samples95x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $2,271

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