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Group Average(9 Highest-Voted)
▲ 711,909 ▼

Release date: Q4 2013.

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+5%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 110% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 60% 1TB free (System drive)
Poor: 60% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 47th / 1010
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		87.1 % 91.1 % +5%
Average User Bench 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		154 MB/s 161 MB/s +4%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		156 MB/s +4% 150 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.91 MB/s 1.22 MB/s Much faster random read.
+34%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		3 MB/s Much faster random write.
+43% 		2.09 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		85.2 MB/s 85.3 MB/s +0%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.98 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+19% 		0.83 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		150 MB/s 154 MB/s +3%
Peak Lab Bench 
+2%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		190 MB/s 201 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+6%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		202 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+5% 		192 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1.1 MB/s 1.77 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+61%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		3.5 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+40% 		2.51 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		105 MB/s 106 MB/s +1%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1.1 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+8% 		1.02 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		196 MB/s 196 MB/s +0%
Value & Sentiment 
+124%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		71 % 77.9 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.51 % 2.79 % Hugely higher market share.
+447%
Price
Price (score) 		$106 Slightly cheaper.
+6% 		112 USD
Value
Value For Money 		47 % 67.6 % Much better value.
+44%
Nice To Haves 
+30%
Age
Newest 		58 Months 44.6 Months Much more recent.
+30%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		2TB   —
Conclusion 
Average Bench 87.1%
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This is the current version (2013) of Western Digital's best performing, Black, consumer storage drive. A comparison between the 2013 and 2010 versions shows that core real world performance has improved by around 15%. The 38 month old 2010 FAEX Black is also slightly more expensive at the moment, probably because retailers are slowly running out of stock. With average sequential read/write speeds of 150 MB/s and read/write 4k speeds of 0.8/2.9 MB/s the 2013 2TB WD Black has a solid performance profile but it's slightly overpriced. There is better value available amongst other drives in the group test. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

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