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WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB

WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -21%Read -51%, Write -40%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite -56%Peak Score -32%Read -66%, Write -57%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite -64%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -16,633%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 57.5% (212^th of 1015)

Based on 3,689 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD3000GLFS-01F8U0, WD3000GLFS-01F8, WDC WD3000GLFS-75F8U0, WDC WD30 00GLFS-75F8U0, WDC WD30 00GLFS-75F8U, WDC WD3000GLFS-01F8U, WDC WD30 00GLFS-01F8U, WDC WD30 00GLFS-01F8U0, WDC WD3000GLFS-0, WDC WD3000GLFS-01F8U1

Poor: 38%Average: 57.5% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB averaged 42.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.21MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.7MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB is 29.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 97.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,689 samples)

Rank 21257.5%

Min	Avg	Max
68.6	Read 103	120
64.3	Write 103	120
44.3	Mixed 68.9	78.9
55.5	SusWrite 97.1	120
68.4% 92.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.9	1
1.4	4K Write 2.7	3.1
0.9	4K Mixed 1.21	1.4
222% 1.61 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 15 days ago.

279GB free

Firmware: 03.03V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 116 116 107 112 116 MB/s

65.4% Good

Write 116

Mixed 71.8

SusWrite 111

76% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1.2

213% 1.47 MB/s

USA-User, 18 days ago.

279GB free

Firmware: 03.03V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 99 97 98 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 112

Mixed 74

SusWrite 97.7

73% 99.6 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1.4

247% 1.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 16 days ago.

95GB free

Firmware: 3V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 102 114 112 MB/s

58.1% Above average

Write 92.5

Mixed 66.9

SusWrite 106

66% 90.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1.2

206% 1.37 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

97GB free

Firmware: 03.03V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 98 96 97 MB/s

56.7% Above average

Write 101

Mixed 67.3

SusWrite 97.5

67% 91.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1.2

221% 1.6 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

86GB free

Firmware: 03.03V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 77 102 104 MB/s

51.1% Above average

Write 78.5

Mixed 58.3

SusWrite 97.5

58% 78.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.3

228% 1.57 MB/s

CYP-User, 18 days ago.

118GB free

Firmware: 03.03V01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 83 81 82 MB/s

49% Average

Write 79.9

Mixed 60.8

SusWrite 82.2

57% 77.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.2

213% 1.5 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,771x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,293x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

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