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Best Bench: 87% 855GB free
Worst Bench: 45% 326GB free

Poor: 45% Great: 87%

SPEED RANK: 142^nd / 1014

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Best Bench: 74% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 35% 87GB free

Poor: 35% Great: 74%

SPEED RANK: 224^th / 1014


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		67.4 %	Faster effective speed. +18%		56.9 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	122 MB/s	Faster read speed. +18%	103 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	114 MB/s	Faster write speed. +16%	98 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	0.97 MB/s	Faster random read. +23%	0.79 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.41 MB/s	Faster random write. +21%	2 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	80.5 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +11%	72.2 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.94 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +12%	0.84 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	113 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +19%	95.2 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	157 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +17%	134 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	147 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +17%	126 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1.2 MB/s		1.3 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +8%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	2.8 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +12%	2.5 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	102 MB/s	+3%	98.9 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1 MB/s		1 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	150 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +18%	127 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.35 %	Hugely higher market share. +218%	0.11 %
Value Value For Money	33.7 %	Much better value. +48%	22.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		51 %
Price Price (score)	$40	Cheaper. +20%	$50


Age Newest		107 Months	Much more recent. +34%		162 Months


Capacity Capacity			1TB			1TB

The WD Blue EALX (2010) is sold as an all round desktop drive. This model is nearly four years old now and can't compete against the newer competition. WD superseded this drive in 2012 with the EZEX. Comparing the EALX and EZEX reveals that the newer EZEX drive is approximately 30% faster yet both drives still retail for almost the same price. With average sequential read/write speeds of 109/97 MB/s the EALX lags the group leaders by 40%. Average small file 4K performance clocks in at 0.67/1.85 MB/s which is again around 40% slower than the top ten group leaders. With an effective speed of just 102 MB/s the 2010 WD Blue lags its peers by 34%. There are both cheaper and faster alternatives available elsewhere. ^{[Mar '14 HDrivePro]}

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