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Effective Speed 
+14%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 64,099 user samples
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2,250 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 117% 361GB free
Worst Bench: 81% 212GB free
Poor: 81% Great: 117%
SPEED RANK: 7th / 1002
61,849 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% 2.5TB free
Worst Bench: 61% 2.5TB free
Poor: 61% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 41st / 1002
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		99.5 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+14% 		87.4 %
Average User Bench 
+63%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		180 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+14% 		158 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		166 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+13% 		147 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		1.34 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+106% 		0.65 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		3.9 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+165% 		1.47 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		155 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+16% 		134 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.4 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+67% 		0.24 MB/s
Peak Lab Bench 
+51%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		226 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+14% 		198 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		195 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+7% 		183 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1.79 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+85% 		0.97 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		4.69 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+168% 		1.75 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		183 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+6% 		173 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.46 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+24% 		0.37 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+555%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.06 % 0.87 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,350%
Value
Value For Money 		10.6 % 95.4 % Hugely better value.
+796%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		64 % 67 % +5%
Price
Price (score) 		$268 $79 Much cheaper.
+71%
Nice To Haves 
+9%
Age
Newest 		72 Months Slightly more recent.
+9% 		79 Months
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 3TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 99.4%
Average Bench 87.6%
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There is no doubt that the 1TB WD Raptor this is one of the fastest mechanical drives you can buy, however ... an SSD offers orders of magnitude better performance. In terms of price, the class leading 1TB Samsung 840 Evo costs around £360 vs. £185 for the Raptor. An economical approach would be to spend £130 on a blazingly fast budget SSD and £50 on a 1TB Seagate 7400.14. You would end up with 1.25TB for £180, the same price as a Raptor. Unless you need a full TB in one physical drive, the combination of SSD+1TB regular fixed drive makes a lot more sense. Even if prices for the Raptor dropped by around 50% it would still make little sense in today's market and with SSD prices continuing to march lower it's just a matter of time before the Raptor once again faces extinction... [Mar '14 HDrivePro]

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This drive can be used as a combined system and storage drive thanks to its fast 7200K rpm and enormous 3TB capacity. Recently prices for all large drives have been dropping and the 3TB Barracuda 7200.14 is currently a good choice in terms of both value for money and performance. Not only does the Barracuda have respectable sequential read/write speeds but it also goes head to head with the various green options, consuming a very reasonable 5.4W vs 5W (idle) on average for a "green" drive. That amounts to a tiny power consumption disadvantage and a lot more speed. Overall the Barracuda is priced aggressively and represents very good value for money. [Oct '12 HDrivePro]

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