UserBenchmark: Hitachi UltraStar 15K600 vs WD Blue (2012)

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Best Bench: 109% 916GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 59GB free

Poor: 52% Great: 109%

SPEED RANK: 60^th / 1015

113 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 108% 419GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 360GB free (System drive)

Poor: 52% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 51^st / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		83.4 %			84.5 %	+1%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	155 MB/s	+1%	153 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	140 MB/s		142 MB/s	+1%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	1.19 MB/s		1.22 MB/s	+3%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.47 MB/s		2.57 MB/s	+4%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	89.3 MB/s		104 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +16%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.07 MB/s		1.13 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +6%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	135 MB/s	+3%	131 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	202 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +8%	187 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	177 MB/s		187 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +6%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1.5 MB/s		1.5 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	3 MB/s		3.53 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +18%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	113 MB/s		173 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +53%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.2 MB/s		1.6 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +33%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	185 MB/s		189 MB/s	+2%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	13.7 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	47.7 %	Hugely better value. +751%	5.6 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	64 %	More popular. +28%	50 %
Price Price (score)	$35	Much cheaper. +74%	$136


Age Newest		142 Months			118+ Months	More recent. +17%


Capacity Capacity			1TB			450GB

This is the latest version of Western Digital's mid-range Blue drive. At only one year of age this drive is relatively new and the performance figures reflect this. With maximum sequential speeds of 180 MB/s (both read and write) the Blue is amongst the faster drives currently available and in terms of real world performance it beats its predecessor the 2010 Blue (WD10EALS) by around 18%. The 2012 Blue has a single 1TB platter which combined with its 7200 rotation speed allows for above average performance across the board. In terms of value for money a larger capacity drive will nearly always be a better choice but within the 1TB category as a system drive, the 2012 Blue is a very reasonable, if not the best, option. ^{[Jan '14 HDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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