Western Digital Purple 3TB WD30PURX Hard Disk

Western Digital Purple 3TB Surveillance 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5" WD30PURX

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Options (3)

	2TB Old Generation Surveillance HDD $140.00
	4TB Old Generation Surveillance HDD $124.95
	6TB Old Generation Surveillance HDD $250.00

Engineered specifically for surveillance security systems
Reduced video frame loss
Tuned for write-intensive, low bit-rate, high stream-count applications typical to most surveillance applications
Prioritized write-operations for maximized surveillance performance
TLER & ATA streaming support.
Package includes a hard drive only - no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.
Ships in WD-certified box for safe transit during shipping

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Specifications Overview

Model	WD30PURX
Release Date	February 2014 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	3000 GB
Cache	64MB
RPM	5400
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Western Digital Purple 3TB WD30PURX Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

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Western Digital Purple 3TB WD30PURX Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Seagate 8TB Barracuda ST8000DM004 (80th)		102%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB (81st)		101%
Western Digital 1TB WD Purple (81st)		101%
Western Digital WD RE4 2TB (81st)		101%
Western Digital Blue 1TB WD10EZRZ (81st)		101%
WD Red 2TB NAS (85th)		~
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2002FAEX (85th)		~
WD Red 6TB WD60EFAX (85th)		~
Seagate 10TB IronWolf NAS (85th)		~
Seagate SkyHawk 10TB ST10000VX0004 (85th)		~
Western Digital Purple 3TB WD30PURX (85th)		100%
Western Digital Red 3TB NAS (91st)		98%
Western Digital 1TB WD Red Plus (91st)		98%
WD Purple 2TB WD20PURX (91st)		98%
Western Digital Caviar Green 4TB (91st)		98%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM007 (95th)		97%
Western Digital Blue 2TB WD20EZRZ (95th)		97%
Seagate 8TB IronWolf NAS (95th)		97%
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (98th)		95%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB ST8000VX0022 (98th)		95%
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (98th)		95%

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Western Digital Purple 3TB WD30PURX Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 23.3% below average.
5 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Seagate Barracuda 3TB offers 81.7% better value priced at $117.