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WD WD20EADS

Green 2TB (2009)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 45.9% (374th of 1015)

more Based on 12,948 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EADS-11R6B1, WDC WD20 EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-32R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-00W4B0, WDC WD20 EADS-98R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-00W4B0, WDC WD20EADS-65R6BX, WDC WD20EADS-11R, WDC WD20EADS-55R, WDC WD20 EADS-11R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-65R, WDC WD20 EADS-42R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-55R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-22R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-32S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-65R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-65R6B0, WD20EADS--00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-32S2B0, WD20EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-00W, WDC WD20 EADS-14R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-14R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-00R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-14R, WDC WD20EADS-00R, WDC WD20 EADS-65R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-22R, WDC WD20 EADS-22R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-32S, WDC WD20EADS-42R, WDC WD20EADS-00S, WDC WD20EADS-32R, WDC WD20EADS-42R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-55R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-32R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-98R6B0
Poor: 30%Average: 45.9% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 2TB (2009) averaged 54.1% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.01MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 2TB (2009) is 30%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 2TB (2009) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 77.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,948 samples)
Rank 37445.9%
Min Avg Max
48.5 Read 79.9 107
41.5 Write 77.9 102
25.1 Mixed 52.4 74.2
44.4 SusWrite 79.7 104
53.3% 72.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.58 0.7
0.89 4K Write 2.01 2.8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
133% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 04.05G04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 107 108 107 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 102
Write 105
Mixed 58.4
SusWrite 108
68% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.6
142% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 102 101 106 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 94.7
Write 93.5
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 103
65% 88.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 02.00A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 99 98 96 MB/s
53% Above average
Read 87
Write 93.7
Mixed 52
SusWrite 97.3
60% 82.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 89 89 89 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 88.1
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 89.4
62% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.3 MB/s
937GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 103 99 101 98 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 81.4
Write 83.9
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 99.5
57% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.97 MB/s
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples885x
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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
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Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
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