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WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB

WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB
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Effective Speed -33%Effective Speed -33%Average Score -12%Read -31%, Write -30%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite -35%Peak Score -11%Read -33%, Write -34%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -38%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -16,350%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 66.2% (154^th of 1015)

Based on 6,005 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B0, WDC WD2001FASS-00W2B0, WDC WD2001FASS-00W2B, WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B, WDC WD20 01FASS-00W2B0, WDC WD20 01FASS-00U0B0, WD2001FASS-00U0, WDC WD20 01FASS-00W2B, WDC WD20 01FASS-00U0B, WDC WD2001FASS-0

Poor: 42%Average: 66.2% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB averaged 33.7% 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 0.93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB is 40.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 111MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,005 samples)

Rank 15466.2%

Min	Avg	Max
68.2	Read 119	150
65.2	Write 111	140
54.6	Mixed 84.6	108
69.4	SusWrite 112	142
78.5% 106 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 1.1	1.4
1.7	4K Write 2.6	3.4
0.7	4K Mixed 0.93	1.1
198% 1.54 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 13 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 135 135 136 135 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 125

Mixed 106

SusWrite 135

92% 124 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1

199% 1.53 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 116 132 130 134 132 MB/s

75.7% Very good

Write 131

Mixed 103

SusWrite 129

92% 124 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1.1

228% 1.73 MB/s

PRI-User, 9 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 113 112 113 113 MB/s

72.5% Very good

Write 132

Mixed 103

SusWrite 113

90% 122 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

205% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 13 days ago.

284GB free

Firmware: 01.00101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 119 118 119 119 MB/s

66.5% Good

Write 112

Mixed 97.8

SusWrite 119

82% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 3.3

4K Mixed 1.1

233% 1.87 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 95 97 97 96 MB/s

64.3% Good

Write 119

Mixed 75.7

SusWrite 95.4

77% 105 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

204% 1.5 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 01.00101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 110 111 110 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 89

Mixed 73.4

SusWrite 110

68% 91.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

191% 1.4 MB/s

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,640x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,409x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,234x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,072x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,466x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,834x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	865x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	646x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $932

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