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WDWD1000DHTZ
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WDWD10EZEX
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 $268 

Release date: Q2 2012.

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Effective Speed 
+13%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,113,219 user samples
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8,165 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 117% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 702GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 117%
SPEED RANK: 9th / 1015
3,105,054 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 109% 916GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 59GB free
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SPEED RANK: 60th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		94.6 % Faster effective speed.
+13% 		83.4 %
Average Score 
+31%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		175 MB/s Faster read speed.
+13% 		155 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		159 MB/s Faster write speed.
+14% 		140 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		1.65 MB/s Much faster random read.
+39% 		1.19 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		4.2 MB/s Much faster random write.
+70% 		2.47 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		106 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+19% 		89.3 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1.58 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+48% 		1.07 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		154 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+14% 		135 MB/s
Peak Score 
+26%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		217 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+7% 		202 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		192 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+8% 		177 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1.9 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+27% 		1.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		4.95 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+65% 		3 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		135 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+19% 		113 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1.8 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+50% 		1.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		196 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+6% 		185 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+11,662%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.03 % 13.8 % Insanely higher market share.
+45,967%
Value
Value For Money 		7.05 % 47.7 % Hugely better value.
+576%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		55 % 64 % More popular.
+16%
Price
Price (score) 		$268 $35 Hugely cheaper.
+87%
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		144 Months 142 Months +1%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 94.6%
Average Bench 83.4%
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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 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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